I titled this series before the Feast of Tabernacles “Leadership and Covenants.” Leadership, because an overview of what God clearly shows in what He emphasizes within His Word of how greatly the quality of leadership impacts …
An old Yiddish proverb reads, “Der Spigel iz der greste farfirer,” meaning “The mirror is the greatest deceiver.” We find this statement especially true when we use mirrors that distort the image. How many of us have seen mirrors at …
As we saw in Part One, the high places—and more specifically, the idolatrous worship they came to represent—were a critical issue in the histories of Israel and Judah. Paganism was especially prevalent among the northern ten tribes after …

(13) The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverse mouth I hate.
What does "the fear of the L ORD " entail? Another proverb, Proverbs 9:10, helps us to understand: "The fear of the L ORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." While Proverbs 8:13 defines what …
Most of us, when we begin a new job or a new project, want to know all we can about it. We want to be ready to take it on and complete it to the best of our abilities. Fulfilling this desire often means that we must take a class or a whole course of study. If it is a more hands-on type of job, say, repairing and refinishing an antique table, we have to learn the skills necessary, not only to work with the wood's density, grain, and finish, but perhaps also to know a thing or two about joinery, routing, lathing, adhesives, slides, latches, and a few things besides, depending on what needs t
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