Doug Van Pelt

Rock Solid Case

I was reading in God's Word today (Deuteronomy 17), I was impressed by a number of things. One is that God didn't want someone to get stoned to death for bogus reasons. No accusation was held against someone on the word of only one witness. It had to be at least two or three. Then, if they had defied God, they would be taken out and stoned.

Also, to prevent false accusations or a conspiracy, the hands of the witnesses must be the first ones to cast the stones. That's hardcore stuff.

God also instructed His people to, if they were going to elect a king, to do so from someone in their midst, not letting a foreigner reign over them. That's a good thing. The king also gets a scroll/copy of the Law of God and he is to read it all the days of his life, so he knows God's will and will revere Him.

Hey, I did like the reporter for ESPN asked me:
"When you hit the knees tonight, thank the Good Lord for putting Reggie White on this earth for 43 years..."

I did that. Reggie was a good man. I disliked his teams (Packers and Eagles mostly), but respected him much as a man of God. I met him at GMA once, as he started a label called Big Dog Records. He was really a good person. It's a shame he's gone so soon. It's hard (impossible here maybe?) to understand why he's gone so soon, but I believe he's in a much better place.

Posted by Doug Van Pelt at December 28, 2004 05:10 PM