Tag: attitude
Biblical Principle #316: Israelite Care for Birds
Biblical Principles List Principle In the Law of Moses, God instructed Israel regarding birds’ nests and the treatment of eggs, young birds, and their mother. Explanation GOD told Israel through Moses: 6 “If a bird’s nest happens to be before you along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or…
Biblical Principle #313: Israelites to Help Their Neighbor
Biblical Principles List Principle Not only did God tell the Israelites to love their neighbor, but also to help them when in need. Explanation We previously established GOD’s instruction for Israel to love their neighbor as themselves. GOD also gave examples of applying this principle by commanding the Israelites in the Law of Moses to…
Biblical Principle #312: Israelites to Love Their Neighbor
Biblical Principles List Principle God commanded the Israelites to love their neighbor as themselves. Explanation GOD gave numerous prohibitive instructions to the Israelites which provided guardrails for their treatment of one another. In fact, six of the ten commandments dealt with the Israelites’ treatment of each other, and five of those six were things to…
Biblical Principle #239: Israel to Not Speak Ill of Rulers
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, God commanded Israel to neither curse gods nor curse or speak badly against a ruler of Israel. Explanation This principle is based upon Exodus 22:28, which in most English Bibles, reads something like: 28 “You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people.…
Biblical Principle #223: Israel’s Guilt Offerings
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, GOD gave specific instructions regarding guilt restitution payments for their sin. Explanation Under the Law of Moses, when an Israelite sinned, there were precise instructions for receiving forgiveness for that sin. Because blood (life) is the price of guilt due to sin, animals were sacrificed under…
Modesty Series Part 3: The Heart of the Matter
Welcome to part 3 of Re-Thinking Biblical Modesty. Here are the links to parts 1-2 if you need them: Part 1: In the Beginning (There Was No Shame) Part 2: Knowledge of Evil and Human Sexuality … In part 1, we saw how: In part 2, we observed that: Now, as we conclude the series,…
Modesty Series Part 2: Knowledge of Evil and Human Sexuality
In part 1 of this series on biblical modesty, we saw how: In this, part 2 of the series, we look at the downstream consequences of the three types of knowledge upon human sexuality.
Jesus Gave Thanks (Why we should give thanks too)
The letter of First John includes a number of profoundly simple statements. One such statement is this: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.(1 John 2:6 NIV) This simple statement is a powerful and daunting truth—to live as Jesus lived. Amazingly, Jesus, the Creator inside a human body, gave thanks. And…