Category: Lighting the Way

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Deuteronomy 16 – The Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)

“You shall count seven weeks for yourself.” With that simple command in Deuteronomy 16, Moses opens up one of the richest feasts in Israel’s calendar.

The Feast of Weeks was not an arbitrary religious holiday, and it was not merely a harvest party with some pious decorations added on top. God appointed it to teach His people how to remember, how to rejoice, how to give thanks, how to care for the poor, and ultimately how to understand what He would later accomplish in Christ at Pentecost.

If we read these Old Testament feasts carelessly, we can treat them as little more than ancient Israelite scheduling. But Moses was not filling space. These feasts had design, order, and theological weight. They were shadows, and Christ is the substance. They were appointed signs, and in the New Testament their meaning bursts into full bloom.

Psalm 72 – A Prayer for Righteous Government

Psalm 72 is one of the clearest passages in Scripture on what righteous government is supposed to look like. It presents a king not as a messiah of bureaucracy, not as a manager of every corner of life, and not as a celebrity for the crowds. Instead, it presents a ruler who receives judgment from God, governs with righteousness, defends the needy, crushes oppression, and brings peace to the land.

This matters because many Christians know they should care about government, but are not always sure how to think about it biblically. What should civil rulers actually do? What is justice? What should believers pray for when they pray for presidents, governors, judges, or local officials? And what does Psalm 72 teach about the relationship between righteousness and national blessing?

This psalm answers those questions with unusual force and clarity.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 – Instructions to Elect Righteous Leaders

Every election cycle, especially presidential ones, the same line gets hauled back out onto the stage, dusted off, and presented as though it were a settled axiom of Christian political wisdom: we must vote for the lesser of two evils.

But here is the obvious question. Is that biblical?

Not is it common. Not is it strategic. Not is it what the consultants tell us. Is it biblical?

If we are going to talk about civil government, Christian responsibility, justice, and righteous leadership, then the place to start is not cable news, not campaign mailers, and not whatever panic the moment has served up. The place to start is the Word of God.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 gives us a remarkably clear pattern:

The people are responsible to appoint rulers, and those rulers are responsible to govern with justice.

And if we have ignored that pattern for generations, it should not surprise us that the result has been more corruption, more confusion, and more evil, not less.

God’s Design for Men and Women

Marriage and family are not human inventions. They are part of God’s creation order. From the beginning, the Lord made man and then created woman from the man, joining them together in marriage. This means that marriage is not a social experiment, a cultural trend, or a temporary arrangement created by society. It is an institution ordained by God Himself. Because of that, the relationship between a husband and wife is one of the most important relationships in all of life. It is foundational to the family, and the family is the basic building block of society.
When Scripture speaks about men and women, it does not do so in a random or careless way. God reveals design, purpose, order, and responsibility. He tells us what manhood is for, what womanhood is for, and what happens when His design is rejected or confused. In a time when the world treats these things lightly, the church must return to God’s blueprint. If we want strength in our homes, health in our churches, and stability in society, we must understand and honor the order God has established.

Don’t Rob God

God gave the Law of the Tithe to Israel. We will discuss the purpose of this law and how it applies to the Christian.

Deuteronomy 13 – Idolatry is Treason

VLOG Dueteronomy 13 In our study of Deuteronomy 13, we saw that God desires ultimate allegiance to Him alone. God sees idolatry as treason; therefore, He gave the death penalty as the punishment against those who would entice the hearts of Israel to turn to idolatry.