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What Are the "Feasts of the LORD"?

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  In Leviticus 23, we find, “And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: “The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts”’” (Lev. 23:1-2). The rest of the chapter follows with a list and description of each of God’s feast days. This seems pretty straightforward, but surprisingly there seems to be some controversy out there over which days are God’s feasts. So which days are they? First, it’s important to note that the NKJV translation of Lev. 23:2, which we just read, isn’t quite faithful to the Hebrew text. The Hebrew word translated “feasts,” moed (Strong’s # H4150 ), simply means, “an appointed time, place, or meeting.” A better translation would be, “The appointments of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My appointments.” Does it matter? Yes, a bit. For example, the Day of Atonement, a day on which “you shall afflict souls” (Lev. 23:27), a day of fasting an
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Deborah: A Tale of Failed Leadership

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  I originally wrote this post as a sermonette, in fact, it was the very first sermonette I ever gave. A decent amount of time has passed since then, and the issues that spawned the original have become even more prevalent, that is, men and women abandoning the roles God has given them in favor of easier roles that don't work well together. There is nothing easy about the roles God has ordained for men and women, and there has been a concerted effort since the beginning of time to destroy them because by destroying them you can destroy the family and society at large which is the full aim of feminism.  Among Christian circles, the story of Deborah has more or less become the poster child of that effort as if one story invalidates everything else the Bible has to say about the topic of men and women. Sadly, the story of Deborah is actually very much the opposite of what these factions claim, and it is a terrible disservice to the incredible Christian woman she actually was when they
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