Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies. 10  Declare them guilty, O God!

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 14: The Creation and Fall of Man But when man was in honor he did not understand it and did not recognize his excellence. all his excellent gifts which he had received from God, and he retained none of them except for small traces Here John calls men “darkness.” Like the serpent, man became shrewd.

It's been said that man is incurably religious, a phrase I don't like because it makes religion seem The sacrifices we just read about were not sacrifices of atonement meant to symbolize payment for sin God's people were to regularly gather to offer all sorts of sacrifices, tithes and offerings meant to

nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3  He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 9  He was assigned a grave

The stories shared in Psalm 78 were meant to remind following generations of the dangers of rebelling

Among other things, it meant the psalm was a key part of ancient Hebrew liturgy - it was meant to be

These commandments were not the work of man, but moral imperatives directly from the mouth of God. Some of the laws given in the Old Testament were meant for a particular people at a particular time.

see the streets busy again, the shops and stores open & bustling, and the churches full of old people leaning Imagine the excitement the men hearing this felt as God called for strong hands so the temple may be

Dig Deeper The disciples - men who'd spent most of their life on this sea - had good reason to be afraid What Jesus meant was that these men - boys, really - were not assessing their dire situation theologically

Something that was meant to honor God has become something that causes division in his church.