THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL

Many times, people will speak prophetically, quoting Moses, telling them they will become the head and not the tail. They forget  to quote the full verse where that phrase is used,  “If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you...

PLUCKING SCRIPTURE

All of us can pluck verses out of the surrounding context and use those verses to support our ideas. It’s in the context where a deeper understanding is revealed. Some of that revelation may be difficult for some of us to understand. It’s not just an Old Testament...

WHAT THE WORD “SCRIPTURE” ACTUALLY MEANS

A seminary professor once said that to fully understand Jesus, we must read and understand what was prophesied about Him in the Old Testament. That full and historic manifestation of Jesus builds our faith. Many believers today are unaware of what was written about...

AVOIDING THE OLD TESTAMENT

I’ve noticed a trend developing in the Church, particularly in the Western Church. It’s a shying away, even an ignoring of the Old Testament. This avoidance is occurring because some teachers have taught us to believe that the Old Testament is somehow in conflict with...

NO QUICK FIXES

When I was 12 years old, my dad took my brother and me hunting in part of the Hunter-Liggett Army base located in Monterey County, California. It was early fall, and it was still hot, just like it had been in mid-summer. As we hiked, we crossed a dirt road. As we...