Should we worry about idols to other gods? Or should we be more concerned about the idols in our hearts that keep us divided from our brothers and sisters in our Creator’s covenant?
Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 1 Corinthians 8:1-6; Hebrews 11:1-6; Malachi 2:10, 4:4-6
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The great thing about going to Winchester, Kentucky, is the opportunity to reconnect with good friends like Ken Rank. He asked me last week to record a conversation for United 2 Restore on the topic of “Teshuvah,” a Hebrew term often translated as repentance. It seems our Heavenly Father is calling people from all across the spectrum of His covenant body to enter into a season of prayer, repentance, and even fasting to seek reconciliation with Him and with each other. And why is that? Maybe because we need to do this to find the way through the global crises confronting us.
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While in Winchester, Kentucky, David Altman and I had an invitation from our friends Leonard Newlin and Abraham Ott to join them in their weekly video discussion of the Torah portion. They have been doing this for quite a while on their YouTube channel, RSS Torah Portions. This was the double portion Chukat (Statute) and Balak. We had a lot of fun talking through such topics as the red heifer, the bronze serpent, Moses not getting to enter the Promised Land, Aaron’s death, Balak’s attempts to get Balaam to curse Israel, and, of course, the talking donkey. Hopefully you’ll have as much fun listening as we had in the discussion!
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Why are there so many poor people among us? Who exactly are the poor? Is this a question of wealth, or of faith and obedience?
Deuteronomy 14:22-15:11; Matthew 5:1-12; Philippians 2:1-11
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What are God’s people to do with the uncomfortable parts of our past?
Numbers 16:1-40; Psalm 46:1-11; Ezekiel 18:20-29; Romans 2:1-11
Bronze Lenin head at the backyard of the Estonian History Museum at the Maarjamaë Palace. (Ferran Cornellà / CC BY-SA 3.0 EE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ee/deed.en))
