Proverbs 29:1: He that being often rebuked hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy. The words hardens his neck are the same words used in Exodus where God refers to the people of Israel as stiff necked people. Ever have a stiff neck. Boy I had one the other day.
Isaiah 51:1: “Harken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord, look unto the rock from whence you were hewn, and to the hole of the pit, when you are digged.” “If you want to know faith and be attached to this righteousness, do not look at it directly
Proverbs 3:5-6: Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understandings. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.” I decided to visit an old friend this evening, known as Proverbs 3:5-6. I ran across something in ancient rabbinical teaching and recent archeological discoveries
Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” This is a very popular verse used today to encourage Christians that they and their children will never go hungry, God will always provide. I do not question the truth
Exodus 14:17: “And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians.” Someone asked me why God would harden the hearts of the Egyptians. I had addressed this in earlier studies yet each time I approach this study I seem to discover a new dynamic to the idea of God hardening the hearts.
Deuteronomy 30:3: “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.” Rabbi Solomon Ben Isaac was an eleventh century grape grower and Hebrew scholar whose Hebrew initials form the acronym Rashi.
Exodus 19:17: “And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.” Do you ever have a question about God or the Bible and you go to your pastor and ask him about it. He of course gives you an
Job 1:9-10: “Then Satan answered the Lord and said: Doth Job fear God for naught? Hast thou made an hedge about him, and about his house and about all that he hath on every side? Thou hast blest the work of his hands and his substance is increased in the land.” The accuser’s
I recall a story an old rabbi told me when I told him I as studying Hebrew. He looked at me and asked why I would wanted to study Hebrew. I told him I was a Bible College student and one day I hoped to preach and I wanted to be able to preach from
My third journey into silence ends. I am enjoying my last meal here at the Abbey. I look around and there are not as many of us here as there was at the start of this retreat. Perhaps they never intended to stay more than a day or two. Perhaps they just could not adjust
