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Rev. Bernie Schey, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Old Dime Box, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 33:1-17. As Jacob had blessed his twelve sons before he died, now Moses blesses the twelve tribes of Israel before he dies. In his blessing, Moses shows his fatherly care for the nation that he has led for forty years. The blessing begins with a reminder of the LORD’s love f...

Rev. Ned Moerbe, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blackwell, OK, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 32:39-52. Moses finishes the song given by the LORD with a grand climax. The LORD alone is God with all authority either to kill or to make alive; He intends that His alien work leads to His proper work. All that He does brings great joy to His people. After Moses finishes the so...

Rev. Harrison Goodman, content executive for Higher Things, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 32:19-38. Moses continues to give the song commanded by the LORD to the people of Israel. The idols they worship are not actually gods at all; when the LORD provokes His people and makes them jealous, He does so in order to call them back to Himself. The wrath and judgment that He pours o...

Rev. Philip Hoppe, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Colby, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 31:30-32:18. Moses begins to give Israel the song that the LORD commanded in the previous chapter. He calls upon the heavens and the earth to listen as witnesses and prays that his teaching of God’s Word will bring growth as he proclaims the name of the LORD. Moses calls the LORD “...

Rev. Dustin Beck, pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Warda, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 31:14-29. Moses and Joshua present themselves before the LORD, who appears in the tent in the pillar of cloud. Moses is about to die, but he will go to be with his fathers in the faith. The LORD foretells that the people of Israel will only grow worse and forsake Him; therefore,...

Rev. Richard Mittwede, pastor at University Lutheran Church in Austin, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 31:1-13. Even as his death draws closer, Moses continues to speak to Israel. Although Moses will not go across the Jordan into the Promised Land, the LORD will go over with them, and He will win the victory for them there, as He has already begun. Joshua will be the human l...

Rev. Tim Koch, pastor at Zion Lutheran Church in Linn, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 30:1-20. The LORD knows that His people will break His covenant and be scattered throughout the nations. He comforts them in the face of that reality ahead of time, for He will call them to return to Him and bring them back to Himself. Both for them and their offspring, the LORD will circu...

Rev. Lucas Witt, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Baltimore, MD, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 29:1-29. As his death draws nearer, Moses summons all Israel to continue to urge them to faithfulness. He reminds them of all that the LORD has done for them up to their day. The LORD has done this for all of them: men and women, young and old, sojourner and native. The LORD’s W...

Rev. Stephen Preus, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton, IA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 28:45-68. Moses continues to speak of the curses that the LORD will bring upon Israel if they break the covenant. This will not happen by historical coincidence; the LORD will cause His people to serve their enemies because they did not serve Him. The LORD will make use a foreign...

Rev. David Appold, pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Paducah, KY, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 28:15-44. Moses turns from the blessings for keeping the covenant to the curses for breaking the covenant. The curses are noticeably longer; God takes sin absolutely seriously, and He will punish it. As the blessings touched every aspect of life, so the curses touch every aspe...

Rev. Jeffrey Ries, pastor at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tacoma, WA, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 28:1-14. Moses begins to lay out the blessings that Israel will experience if they keep the LORD’s commandments. The LORD’s blessing will touch absolutely every aspect of Israel’s life in the Promised Land. No matter where they are or what they are doing, Israel will rece...

Rev. Ryan Ogrodowicz, associate pastor and headmaster at Grace Lutheran Church and School in Brenham, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 27:9-26. The Levitical priests join Moses to tell the people of Israel to be quiet and listen to the LORD’s Word. When the people go over the Jordan into the Promised Land, six tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim for blessing and six tribes wil...

Rev. Dr. Jeff Dukeman, pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Gulfport, MS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 27:1-8. Moses begins his third sermon in the book of Deuteronomy. As Moses’ earthly life draws to a close and the people will be under new leadership, the elders join Moses in instructing the people. The emphasis on keeping the LORD’s Word continues. When the people ente...

Rev. Kyle Mietzner, chaplain in the United States Army training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 26:1-19. The LORD will bring His people into the Promised Land, in fulfillment of His promise. Their offerings of firstfruits and tithes there will remind them that all they have is a gift from the LORD. Their giving will be a joyful act of worship as...

Rev. James Yonkers, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Danville, IL, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 25:1-19. God’s Law consistently calls for true justice, in which crimes are punished appropriately while upholding the humanity of both the criminal and the judge. Those who labor should receive their wages from their work. Instructions surrounding levirate marriage come from...

Rev. Greg Truwe, pastor at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 24:1-22. Moses continues to speak God’s Word to a wide variety of situations Israel will face in the Promised Land. He does not command divorce, but provides an allowance for a very specific situation due to the hardness of the human heart. The positive command concer...

Rev. David Vandercook, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in North Little Rock, AR and Shepherd of Peace Lutheran Church in Maumelle, AR, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 23:1-25. As Moses speaks about who shall not enter the assembly of the LORD, the matter of true or false religion is the key. Purposeful mutilation of the body is a rejection of God’s promise of the Seed in Genes...

Rev. Doug Griebenaw, mission advocate for KFUO Radio in St. Louis, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 22:13-30. God gave the 6th Commandment in order to protect His gift of marriage. When people live in concert with this commandment, not only do husbands and wives benefit, but all of society is built up. The variety of laws that God gives through Moses uphold the holy gift of m...

Rev. Dr. Christian Preus, pastor at Mount Hope Lutheran Church and School in Casper, WY, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 21:18-22:12. Moses continues to provide a variety of instructions for Israel’s life in the Promised Land. The matter of parental authority in the 4th Commandment is God’s good gift, to be despised neither by the parents nor the children. The capital punishment...

Rev. Garen Pay, pastor at Hope Lutheran Church in Idaho Falls, ID, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 21:1-17. Moses’ instruction for Israel continues into the case of an unsolved murder. Though no one in the nearest town committed the crime, still unrighteousness has been brought upon the land. The LORD provides for a particular sacrifice to atone for the unrighteousness, pointing...

Rev. Brian Flamme, pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roswell, NM, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 20:1-20. The LORD prepares His people for their upcoming military conquests of the Promised Land. Israel need not be afraid of larger or more technologically advanced armies, for the LORD is with them. The priest speaks to the army first, reminding them of the LORD’s promise. Th...

Rev. Sean Kilgo, pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Lawrence, KS, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 19:1-21. Moses teaches the people concerning the cities of refuge they will establish once they enter the Promised Land. Three such cities have already been established on the east side of the Jordan; three more will need to be established in the Promised Land so no one will have...

Rev. Nate Hill, pastor at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 18:15-22. The LORD promises His people that He will provide for them a prophet like Moses. The people must listen to this prophet, for this prophet will speak the LORD’s Word faithfully. False prophets will come, but the LORD teaches His people how to identify them. Those w...

Rev. Steve Andrews, pastor at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Lee’s Summit, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 18:1-14. Moses teaches Israel how to care for the Levites and priests. The Levites and priests have no inheritance of land among the people; the LORD is their inheritance. The people of Israel provide for the physical needs of these servants of the LORD through the offe...

Rev. Matt Ulmer, pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bishop, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Deuteronomy 17:8-20. The LORD’s concern for justice continues as He teaches His people how to handle difficult legal decisions. They must go to the place that the LORD will choose for the priests and judge to decide the matter based on the LORD’s Word. Because justice is tied to the LORD’s Wor...