by afladmin | Oct 17, 2017 | AFL Publications
Matthew 22:15-22 Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. (Matthew 22:21) One of the things that many of us may not appreciate sufficiently is Jesus’ mind. His toughness and his tenderness are readily...
by afladmin | Oct 10, 2017 | AFL Publications
Exodus 32:1-14 Idolatry is a serious sin, the most serious sin in the Bible. But what is it? Why would Israel, having been miraculously delivered from Egypt, make a molten calf in explicit disobedience to the Lord’s command? Fear. It really is as simple as that....
by afladmin | Oct 3, 2017 | AFL Publications
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has...
by afladmin | Sep 26, 2017 | AFL Publications
Exodus 20:1-20 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor (Exodus 20:16) Veribicide precedes Homocide.* The sentence is from Paul Greenberg, a syndicated columnist who writes for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. What he means by it is that, in order to do...
by afladmin | Sep 20, 2017 | AFL Publications
Jonah 3:10—4:11 When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it (Jonah 3:10). The book of Jonah doesn’t specifically recount the sins of the Ninevites that caused...
by afladmin | Sep 12, 2017 | AFL Publications
Psalm 103 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him (Psalm 103:11). Our family has a children’s board book called Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney. It is a sweet book recounting a “competition”...
