God’s people

Words of the Week – Unity

On Sunday, my sermon was “Our unity is our strength!”  While I was speaking to an audience of Christians, this is true even if one is not a person of faith.  Unity gives us protection, power, courage and strength.  These usually equal a certain level of success. Ideally, the concept starts in your nuclear family.  In this environment we learn that parents protect and provide for us. They encourage us to learn and do new things. As when we teach a toddler to walk.  The toddler falls, but under the watchful and encouraging eye of a parent, gets up and

Words of the Week – One Nation Under God

Scripture: Deuteronomy 17:14-20 America has a great deal of work to do to bring these words from our Pledge of Allegiance to fruition: “…one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Today’s scripture text comes from the book of Deuteronomy. In Hebrew, Deuteronomy means “words.” The book of Deuteronomy is a “repetition of the law.” Moses is the author of Deuteronomy. Therefore, it’s known as the Book of the Law of Moses. Jesus attributed the book of Deuteronomy to Moses (Matthew 19:8). The apostle Peter, in Acts 3:22-23, credited Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 and 19 to Moses. The