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Unclean foods
~~Deuteronomy 14: 1-21~~ This passage starts with a declaration that the people of God are “sons of the LORD your God” and what follows includes some rules for how they will set themselves apart from the rest of the world. First, there is a prohibition against making a show of mourning that is like the…
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Seek Ye First…
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 …do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. Philippians 4:6 I’m finding much comfort in these words today, and praying the…
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Deception and False Teaching
~~Today’s reading is in Deuteronomy 13~~ What first struck me about this passage is that when it speaks of “a prophet or a dreamer of dreams…[that] gives you a sign or a wonder…” and who entices you to follow other gods, I was expecting to read that the sign or the wonder did not occur…