Tag: habits
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Secret Idols
15“Cursed is anyone who makes an idol—a thing detestable to the Lord, the work of skilled hands—and sets it up in secret.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”–Deuteronomy 27 In context: Moses was giving warnings to the people about various sins just before they entered the Promised Land. Our verse pictures a person who claimed…
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Empty-Hearted Worship
No one should appear before the Lord empty-handed: 17Each of you must bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you.–Deuteronomy 16 In the context here, the men were to gather at the three festivals and bring with them agricultural gifts from their fields and vines. These were intentional and required gatherings that were…
Joel M Bradshaw 