Joshua 7:19 = that’s pretty powerful, “give God glory by telling the truth”
7:20-21 = sounds a little like “be sure your sins will find you out”
8:1-29 = reflecting back over the last few chapters: when you trust God and live in obedience, huge problems are no problem; when you do not trust or are disobedient, [...]

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Sorry, I forgot to put this up yesterday.

Deuteronomy 29:4 = “minds that understand,” a key element
5 = this in itself is an amazing miracle
6 = the reason the Lord provided food was not for their welfare, but for His glory among them.
9 = obedience leads to prosperity
19 = we often [...]

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Deuteronomy 13 = A good warning for us today. We see among us all those preaching a different Gospel than the one Christ spoke. They are following a different god. Just because they look good and act friendly and normal, doesn’t mean they are correct in their belief.
14:1 = This [...]

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Numbers 36 = land inheritance law
Deuteronomy 1:2-3 = because of disobedience: an 11 day trip took 40 years!
1:9-18 = even Moses, a guy who had a literal direct line to God, saw the benefits and necessities of delegation
1:42 = if the Lord is not with you, you cannot prevail, thankfullythe opposite is [...]

Numbers 24:1 - “The Lord was determined to bless Israel.”
24:9b - “Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
24:25-25 - Balaam prophesies Israel’s future: a sceptre/star will rise among them, and they will crush all their enemies by the will of God.
25:1-9 - sometimes you have to [...]

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Numbers 11:25 = “this was the only time this happened”…interesting
Numbers 11:26-29 = a good lesson for today’s church leadership
Numbers 11:33-35 = not a plague in the sense of disease, but death by gorging on animal meat after a diet of only manna—another example of sin being its own reward/punishment
Numbers 12:3 = “Moses [...]

As promised, here’s a (somewhat) quick run-down of how to go about doing a Bible study using internet resources. In the past, doing a study like this would have meant gathering numerous books, costing several hundreds of dollars.
With the current availability of said resources for free on the internet, we Christ-followers have even less excuse [...]

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Leviticus 26 = the results of obedience vs. the results of disobedience vs. the results of continuing disobedience vs. the results of not learning the lessons of disobedience vs. the results of remaining hostile toward God. But in the end there WILL be repentance.
Numbers 1 = If you’ve never read Numbers, [...]

No surprise here really. People have been striving to explain away the truths of the Bible for thousands of years, but this is a new one. A new “high” you might say (rather than a new low).
A cognitive psychology professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem is asserting that Moses was high on psychedelic drugs [...]

I’m sure most of you have heard/seen this, but here’s my two cents. I have trouble with YouTube videos on my blog, so here’s the link to go watch the video if you have not.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LCaAx9SRZRU
Here’s my response to Charles Barkley and all others out there who say that Christians are judgmental, and the Bible says [...]