DAILY READING Matthew 3:1-12 REFLECTION   TITLE By David Thompson Did you read the scripture carefully? Perhaps reading it twice and checking the cross-references to Isaiah and other books might make this devotional more effective. I did that and it was so much more than how I have read those scriptures in the past. I am always amazed by those who can make predictions of events coming in the new year. I am a skeptic though and I wonder how one of the most famous future tellers predicted John...

DAILY READING 1 Samuel 17:41-54 REFLECTION   Victory is Yours through the Name of the Lord By David Thompson Today's passage is a very familiar one. Every Sunday School child learns the story of David and Goliath. It is a story of a small weak boy standing up to a strong, 9 foot warrior. It is a story of the Lord sticking up for David and giving him the victory through his belief in God. So how do we look at this story in reference to our theme - "In the Shadow of the Cross?" You know there...

DAILY READING Galatians 3:10-14; Deuteronomy 21:23-24 REFLECTION The Book of the Law and Christianity - Revisited By Dave Thompson We are slaves to the law if we let ourselves be. The Book of the Law as an Old Testament set were the first five books of the Bible. They exist as a reminder of the historical law that the Jews had to follow, even up until today. They are very demanding as written, but then groups like the Pharisees and Sadducees took these laws and interpreted them into a very...