Cornelius’s Day Job

Acts 10:1, 2 “Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devout man, and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.” Observation:...

Confusing Roles

Deuteronomy 19:1, 8-9 “When the Lord your God cuts off the nations, whose land the Lord your God gives you and if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, . . . and gives you all the land which He promised . . . if you carefully observe all this commandment . . . ...

Complete Wetness

Habakkuk 2:14; 3:17-18 “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea…Though the fig tree should not blossom and there be no fruit on the vines, though the yield of the olive should fail and the fields produce no...

Beyond Muskiness

Job 38:22-23 “Have you seen the storehouses of the hail, which I have reserved for the time of distress, for the day of war and battle?” Observation: Reading the book of Job has always required fortitude; experience tells us we will have to wade through endless...

Armed to the Teeth

Judges 6:13 “Where are all His wonders?” (NIV). Observation: Israel was living under God’s judgment, having been overrun by the superior, oppressive power of the Midianites. Reduced to living in caves and mountain clefts, Israel watched helplessly as marauding enemy...

Are We There Yet?

Deuteronomy 2:5 “Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on” (NIV). Observation: Israel had begun their desert wanderings under God’s specific direction. In Deuteronomy 2:4, He had said they were about to...