Today on December 20, 2025, Micah Hackett would have turned 26 years old. Instead he is in Heaven, enjoying his seventh year there. I don’t have many of my own words to add to this article; instead I would like to share with you a poem that Micah wrote in 2013. He truly desired to live his life for the Lord, and I pray that my desires would be the same. ‘and...
The latest uploaded article has a second part to it that I will now publish. Last time, the section was on the nature of the gospel. Today’s portion narrows in on what we are to do now that we know more about the topic. Gospel work is so important; in fact, God commands us to be involved in it! Listen to the words of Jesus and allow your mind to ponder them as...
We have just recently rung in a new year, and now have to get used the sound of the year “2025”. This is the time of year when a majority of people have a desire to make themselves better; to have a fresh, new start. General research shows that approximately 50% of people in North America make new years resolutions. We all seem to have this desire in us...
This entry is in the series Meditations in DeuteronomyToday’s Reading: Deuteronomy 13:1-5 Verses 1-3a. Israel had always “required a sign,” and here we have another possible allurement which the people would face in the land. Since they loved signs, the Devil had but to imitate one for Israel to be drawn away. Thus, the Lord warns against either a prophet or a dreamer who provides a sign (which comes true) yet tempts Israel into idolatry. Israel...
This entry is in the series Meditations in DeuteronomyToday’s Reading: Deuteronomy 12:28-32. Verse 28. Here the Lord sums up the impact of His previous words: (1) all of them were to be followed, (2) obeying them brought multi-generational blessing, (3) obeying them pleased God. It is the ideal result of God’s Word that man be blessed and God be pleased. So then, closing the topic of the sanctuary, He enters into the topic of idolatry....
This entry is in the series Meditations in DeuteronomyToday’s Reading: Deuteronomy 12:20-27 Verses 20-22. These verses and what follows seem to be an expansion on what has gone before, but they have a few qualifiers which the Lord gives lest Israel think obedience was relative to circumstances. One such qualifier was the expansion of Israel’s borders and the subsequent increase in distance between people and the sanctuary. These words are relevant since Solomon’s reign marked...
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