Category Archives: Deuteronomy

Humbled for Testing (2020 Re-run)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Pete

Rerunning some thoughts from five years ago — think “quarantine.” Kind of rambling, but I’m taken again by the thought of how we can be humbled by things beyond our control. Five years later, it’s still “unprecedented times” and God’s … Continue reading →

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There Is No Other!

Posted on March 13, 2025 by Pete

Captured by a twice repeated phrase in Deuteronomy 4. A phrase which will be repeated nine more times in the Old Testament, most often by Isaiah. A phrase which to try and write about is, by it’s definition, impossible. For … Continue reading →

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Where’d That Cow Go?

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Pete

Continuing to work my way through Deuteronomy. Lot of commands to obey. Lot of to do’s. A fair number of to don’t’s as well. Some dealing with pretty weighty (aka sinful) matters. Some dealing with pretty weird (aka cultural) matters. … Continue reading →

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Not Just a King Thing

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Pete

God knew the day would come, the day when His people would ask for a king (1Samuel 8:5-7,19-20). It would be inevitable that they would eventually want to layer in a man-on-the-throne monarchy over their God-in-the-midst theocracy. And so, knowing … Continue reading →

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Humbled

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Pete

Been talking about humility with some guys from my church over the past few weeks. Brother! You’d think that by now — after so many years of seeking to follow Christ — holding up that mirror would not still be … Continue reading →

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Adoration Connected to Donation

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Pete

Hovering over some verses in Deuteronomy this morning which put a bit of a different lens on how we might think about our giving to the Lord. “Each year you are to set aside a tenth of all the produce … Continue reading →

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For Your Own Good

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Pete

Honestly, as I think back over those first years (decades?) of being born again, I wonder how much I thought obedience was just the “price” I had to pay for heaven? That it was the “quid” expectation of my life … Continue reading →

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The Abundance of All Things

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Pete

Deuteronomy 28 can be kind of a chilling chapter. Twelve verses of blessings followed by forty-six verses of curses. Faithful obedience resulting in reward. Persistent, rebellious disobedience bringing utter destruction. And, as I’m hovering over it this morning, I spy … Continue reading →

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Readied for the Next Season

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Pete

Wherever we are, we’re not there yet. How ever far we’ve come, we’ve still got some road to travel. Coming out of the wilderness, there’s still a promised land to prepare for. That’s some of what I’m picking from what … Continue reading →

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We Rest to Remember

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Pete

It’s coming up on a year since I was last challenged afresh about my attitude towards the Sabbath. (I’m not talking so much about any specific day, but about the principle of one day out of every seven days which … Continue reading →

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