by Josh Taylor | Jul 26, 2026 | Psalms & Prayers
At Mt. Carmel we open worship by praying the Psalms back to God. This one is from Psalm 119:137-144. Most holy and gracious God. Psalm 119:137-138 (CSB)You are righteous, LORD, and your judgments are just. The decrees you issue are righteous and altogether...
by Josh Taylor | Jul 25, 2026 | Questions & Issues
Someone asks it every year. Do I still have to give ten percent? It is a fair question, and one verse in Hebrews answers it in a way most people do not expect. Hebrews 7 is about a change of priests. Under Moses, only the tribe of Levi could serve as priests, and the...
by Josh Taylor | Jul 24, 2026 | Devotions
Zechariah 1:6 (CSB)”But didn’t my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors?” God asks whether His word overtook the generations before them, and the answer is written in the rubble of Jerusalem. It did....
by Josh Taylor | Jul 23, 2026 | Devotions
Zechariah 1:5 (CSB)”Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever?” God asks a question that lands like a cold hand. Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever? It is rhetorical, and everyone knows the answer. They are...
by Josh Taylor | Jul 22, 2026 | Devotions
Zechariah 1:4 (CSB)”Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the LORD of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to meāthis is the LORD’s...
