The Project for Jonah
When a Census was Right
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Numbers 1-2 Key Thought: A census was an administrative tool that aided the leadership in everything from tax collection to a military draft. At the Lord’s command Moses numbered the people and taxed them for a sanctuary tax so he could construct the tabernacle (Exodus 30). He counted males twenty…
The Tithe
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 26-27 Key Thought: The tithe is man’s acknowledgment that he is a steward of God’s creation. The Lord alone is Creator and owner of heaven and earth, and man is God’s servant. Whatever material wealth man can accumulate is the direct gift of God. Therefore, in the tithe, man…
The Shelter of His Wings
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 24-25 Key Thought: There was an article in National Geographic several years ago that provides a penetrating picture of God’s wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their march up a mountain to assess the fires damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified…
Put on Your Overalls
Pastor’s Bible Reading Schedule: Leviticus 22-23 Key Thought: Henry Ward Beecher said, “Religion means work; it means hard work; it means work in a dirty world. The world has to be cleaned by somebody and you are not really called of God unless you are prepared to scour and scrub.” Having lived on a…