“Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your heart; and don’t be stiff-necked any longer!”-Deuteronomy 10:16 In verse 16, of Deuteronomy 10, we encounter a strange statement that will make regular appearances throughout the remainder of the “Old” Testament and in several important places in the New Testament. What phrase am I talking about? I’m talking about […]

I’ve already pointed out in a past article that from a Biblical perspective the word “love” is NOT a noun but a vigorous action verb. Nowhere can the importance of this difference be seen than in the marriage relationship. Whenever a marriage seems to be going downhill (which seems to increasingly common these days given […]

Recall the rhetorical but powerful question Moses asked the people as he stood on a hilltop in Moab. “And, now, O Israel, what does YHWH your God demand of you?” And what was Moses’ answer to that great question? His answer was those who have been saved should revere the Lord, walk in His ways, […]

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord’s commands and decrees that I am giving you […]

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes […]