Gilbert House Fellowship #325: Deuteronomy 28–29
GOD’S COVENANT with Israel was conditional, with blessings for obedience to His commandments and curses for disobedience.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #324: Deuteronomy 24–27
GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS to the Israelites were surprisingly progressive for the time, prohibiting His people from engaging in predatory lending practices and providing for the poor, widows, and orphans (without a government agency to collect and redistribute wealth!).Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #323: We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATES death and the dead. Today, we set aside our schedule of scripture to discuss the spirits and how they’ve convinced humanity that engaging in practices forbidden by God is not only harmless, but profitable and fun.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #322: Deuteronomy 21–23
THE PUNISHMENT God ordered for a number of sins, ranging from sexual relations before marriage (for women) to rebelling against one’s parents (for sons), seems harsh by today’s standards.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #321: Deuteronomy 17–20
THE PEOPLE in Canaan engaged in what God called “abominable practices”: First, burning a child as an offering to Molech, followed by divination, reading omens, augury, sorcery, enchantment, consulting mediums, necromancy, and inquiring of the dead.Continue Reading
Gilbert House Fellowship #320: Deuteronomy 15–16
GOD NEVER intended for us to be in perpetual debt. Our modern banking system is a reversal of God’s will and the fulfillment of prophecy—the work of the rider on the black horse (Rev. 6:5–6).Continue Reading