Biblical Feasts

Spring Cleaning My Father’s House

March 21, 2013 by Anne Leave a Comment

It’s the day before Passover. The children run through the house, pleased that the days of cleaning are over. Tomorrow is a special day, no school and no work, gathering with friends.

I wipe my hands on my apron and retwist the knot in my hair, since everything is falling out of the clip under my dusty bandana.

I look around my spotless kitchen. My critical eye judges everything in sight. The kids will be back soon, looking everywhere to see if we missed a crumb or bit of yeast. They think it’s fun to find a crumb we’ve overlooked. But we worked so hard the last few days, and I’m tired. I hope we got it all out.

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The Lamb of God (Romans 3:25)

April 6, 2012 by Anne 3 Comments

I feel inadequate to describe the significance of the Lamb of God, but tonight is Passover, so I’ve got lambs on my mind. I don’t know anyone who has lambs, and I really haven’t been around these animals in my lifetime. I can imagine a kitten, or a puppy, or a pet bird. I visit [...]

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Getting the Yeast Out

March 29, 2012 by Anne 12 Comments

“Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because YHWH brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast… For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to YHWH. Eat unleavened bread during those seven [...]

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Out of Egypt

March 20, 2012 by Anne 6 Comments

Someone recently noticed that I believe we should obey God’s law, and she said, “If the law is still in place, then Christ died in vain.” Is that true? Another friend asked, “How do you teach others to obey God’s laws, yet still make it clear that these are practices that lead us to righteousness, [...]

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The Day We Took the Christmas Tree Down

December 23, 2011 by Anne 47 Comments

This post needs a subtitle, so we’ll call it “How to Teach Our Children about Idolatry.” If you’ve been reading my posts this last year, you’ll know that I’ve been spending a bit of time in the book of Deuteronomy. Do you ever get the feeling that something you’re learning is going to be life-altering, [...]

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These Are the Days of Elijah… (a post for mothers)

April 16, 2010 by Anne 2 Comments

In the excellent parenting book, “Don’t Make Me Count to Three!”, author Ginger Plowman compares my job as a parent with John the Baptist. (She calls us “Joan the Baptist,” LOL!) Why does she do that? Jesus says, in Matthew 11:14, that John was “the Elijah who was to come.” Who was Elijah the prophet? [...]

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Should We Celebrate Easter?

April 2, 2010 by Anne 9 Comments

I’ve been reading a lot online this year about whether we believers should celebrate Easter or not. Some argue that Easter has pagan origins, from the goddess Asherah or Ishtar, and I have no disagreement with that! The origins of the Easter bunny, Easter eggs, hot-cross buns, and Easter lilies are undeniably pagan, yet does [...]

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