Let Your Creator Set the Standard

Deuteronomy 9:1 Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven I learned to ski when I was nine years old. There is nothing in the world like skiing, especially...

Remember His Sufficiency

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God It is always a bad feeling to not have enough, especially when you are in a tight situation. I can remember years ago, hiking with some college buddies from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand...

Love Is More Than Sentiment

Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD Deuteronomy 6:4 is a very important text in Scripture. It was the basic confession of faith of Judaism and was to be recited both morning and night. Deuteronomy 6:4 says, “Hear, O Israel: the LORD our God is...

Is the Bible Trivial?

Deuteronomy 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them Every summer at Bill Rice Ranch we have Bible quizzing among the...

Take What God Gives

Deuteronomy 2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us Few things in the world are more frustrating to me than a key...