Many people attempt to use the book of Proverbs as a kind of instruction manual for how to achieve health, wealth, and prosperity: if they simply adhere to the principles and rules laid out in Proverbs, then God must owe them the associated rewards of riches and blessing. However, there is an eternity of difference between […]
God has established his covenant with Israel and now, at the end of Deuteronomy, Moses recapitulates its conditions: blessings and life for obedience, curses and death for disobedience. The command presented to Israel, to “choose life”, seems an obvious one – except the choice is an impossible one. In this sermon, Pastor Matt explains the significance of […]
As we look into the life of Jacob in the book of Genesis, we find that the meaning of his name is the overall theme of his life: “deceiver.” Throughout his youth, his relationship with his family, and his laboring for a wife, Jacob is always trying to do things on his own, apart from […]
It has been said that Jesus pervades the Old Testament the way that salt pervades the ocean, and in the introduction to the book of Joshua, we once again see this truth come to light. Join Pastor Dave Leandre as he takes us through some of the comparisons between Joshua and Christ and learn how, through […]
