The Contortionist’s Trick

The Contortionist’s Trick

Deuteronomy 1:31 “There you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son” (NIV). Observation: At the edge of the Promised Land, Moses began summarizing the reasons for the Israelites’ long desert exile…until everyone in the previous generation...
Edges of God’s Best

Edges of God’s Best

Deuteronomy 1:3 “Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the Lord had commanded concerning them” (NIV). Observation: Forty years of wandering in the desert had ended, and Moses was proclaiming God’s precepts to the Israelites. Key enemies had been defeated, and it...
Billionaire’s Vanity

Billionaire’s Vanity

1 Corinthians 13:3 “If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing” (NIV). Observation: Paul opened the chapter by saying, “Now I will show you the most excellent way,” and in the first three verses he...
Jet Ski Competition

Jet Ski Competition

Mark 4:9 “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Observation: Jesus was teaching at the seashore. As the crowd grew, He moved His venue from the shore to a boat put out a short distance into the water. Presumably from there, both visibility and acoustics would be...
Pizza Delivery Faith

Pizza Delivery Faith

Numbers 14:24 “But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and follows Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendents will inherit it” (NIV). Observation: Israel was poised on the edge of the Promised Land, and the spies had...