The calendar of feasts and holy days annually walk the people through the story of redemption, past, present, and future. This would continue until the Messiah came to fulfill it. The body and soul are being trained to look to the higher work of the Lord. God is writing a story that has a plot, a crisis, and a resolution. It moves. There are twists and turns; ups and downs; bad guys and good guys....

Click here for part two and here for part threeBeyond Skin Deep: The Sin of HamIntroductionA father-and-son at enmity, a hint of nudity, the air of conspiracy–the scene in Noah’s vineyard tent after the flood smacks with all of the trappings of an HBO series. However, unlike the kitsch of contemporary television dramas, the story of Ham is often ignored by Christians due to a combination of embarr...

But what about the baby girls? They couldn’t be circumcised. Does that mean they were not included in the covenant like the boys?...

Priests are representatives of their God, which is why Israel had no priestess or goddess. The priest mediates between God and man. The mediator, as a symbol of his God, cannot be a woman for a God who is not a mother....

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a significant milestone in our nation's history. As Christians, occasions like this give us an opportunity to pause, reflect, and most importantly, give thanks to God for His providential care throughout the generations....