This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/Mountains-and-Covenants-e1noksl *** In Deuteronomy chapter 27, Moses instructs Israel on what to do after entering the land. They are to write the law on stones covered in plaster and build an altar. Both of these are placed on Mount Ebal. Representatives from half the tribes stand on…
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The Command within Us
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/The-Command-within-Us-e1m3fn1 *** “You must carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the Lord swore to your fathers” (Deut. 8:1). In a previous post, I said the history of Israel…
No Mercy, No Treaty
This post is also available as a podcast: https://anchor.fm/teague-mckamey/episodes/No-Mercy–No-Treaty-e1khe24 *** In Deuteronomy, the Lord talks with Israel about driving out the inhabitants of the land He has promised them. He describes the inhabitants as “seven nations stronger and more numerous” but tells Israel to remember what He did to Egypt (Deut. 7:1, 17-18). Based on…
Trees and Mountains
Early this morning, I lay awake for a short time. My mind wandered to Genesis. Two trees take center stage in the garden of Eden: The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. There was a commandment associated with the latter tree: “You must not eat from the tree…
The Voice of One 