Doctrine of BalaamAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2021-12-29 | The Doctrine of Balaam is a mystery to some because they cannot understand its meaning. Balaam let his drive for money lead him to corrupt God's people for personal gain.

EcclesiastesAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2024-09-28 | Everybody wants to know what life is really about. What is at the root? How can it be simplified? The Hebrew the title of the book is "Koheleth" which may be translated teacher or preacher.

Fads, Foolishness, Tattoos and BeardsAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2025-08-13 | In Leviticus 19:27-28 (KJV) we read [27]Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.[28]Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. So then we are faced with the question, to shave or not to shave, and what does print any marks mean?

FastingAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2024-11-02 | Fasting is to me the most extreme act of worship in demonstrating one's affliction and dependence on God as our solution. It is an extension of the attitude of Israel when they left Egypt. They were required to leave with haste and that haste was associated with unleavened bread. Unleavened bread is also bread of affliction and hence we begin to see the connection.

First LoveAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2025-02-26 | AS LOVE AGES IT MUST MATURE AND SHIFT FROM REACTIVE EMOTION TO MANAGED COMMITMENT. THE PROBLEM WITH LOVE IS THAT SOMETIMES WORKS ARE SEPARATED FROM FIRST LOVE BY CONSIDERABLE TIME. THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF LOVE MAY WELL BE COMMITMENT. BECAUSE CHRIST SUSTAINED FIRST LOVE HE COULD DO THE FIRST WORKS WHICH WERE ORDAINED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. HIS COMMITMENT TO LIVING UP TO THOSE FIRST WORKS NEVER WAVERED.

Holiness and RebellionAuthor: buildontherock | Date: 2021-03-19 | Notice that a requirement of being holy is to do as God prescribes (Numbers 15:40). Holy is only as God approves for His purpose (Exodus 29:33-34) . It could serve only God and nobody else (Exodus 20:8-11)

Job 1-10Author: buildontherock | Date: 2023-11-07 | The book of Job addresses the question of why righteous men suffer, and exposes the betrayal of people who try to justify themselves being exempt, by creating an illusion that they are deserving.

Job 11-21Author: buildontherock | Date: 2023-05-09 | This section begins with Zophar calling Job a liar and continues with various verbal attacks which Job dispels. Even by the end of this section he remains unconvinced that Job is not a liar.

Job 22-31Author: buildontherock | Date: 2023-11-07 | This section begins with Eliphaz insisting that Job's condition reflects the state of his secret sins. By the end of this section Job has silenced his three friends, ". . . the words of Job are ended" (Job 31:40).

Job 32-42Author: buildontherock | Date: 2024-07-09 | With Job's friends conceding defeat Elihu steps in to attack Job. Job never gets the chance to respond to Elihu because God immediately follows.