Jesus, Our High Priest

              Exodus 28 presents detailed instructions for the design of the priest’s garments. This information takes up the build of the chapter. The critical element seems to be the inclusion of the names of Israel’s tribes which were to be engraved on stones and set into the clothing. The tribal names were to be in

Soup and Silver

              “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into the wilderness to kill the whole assembly with hunger,” lamented the Hebrew people. (Exodus 16:3)               Esau sold

The Power of a Broken Spirit

“But they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.” Exodus 6:9               Moses had unexpectedly appeared, coming up from the wilderness into which he had disappeared forty years prior. He brought with him a gospel of deliverance and the staff of God to confirm this good news. The cries

Overcoming Fear

              Fear can be a friend, wisely holding us back from the precipice of disaster. Fear can be a foe, deceptively convincing us that obediently going forward is more dangerous and deadly than staying put. Fear tells us the options are retreat or ruin. Jacob had begun the journey to Egypt. He stopped in Beersheba.

How to Know if You are a Fool

It isn’t an intellectual problem. You can’t measure wisdom with an IQ test…

The Yud

There, just beyond the reach of his bloody, pierced, left hand, at the end of the beam upon which he hung, was the mark…

Pax Romana

You can be at peace with God, or at peace with the world, but you can’t be at peace with both at the same time.

The Land Between Faith and Fear

The patriarch Jacob was always hedging his bets, helping God out, so to speak. He used cunning to get Esau to hand over the birthright. Not that Esau wasn’t complicit. He, as the Scripture says, “despised it.” He considered a belly full of soup of greater value than his birthright. Still, Jacob’s ways betrayed moral