When Thanksgiving comes, everyone's scurrying around, getting their turkey, the dressing fixin's, cranberries, sweet potatoes, and all that other stuff that goes with a Thanksgiving dinner.

Before we get back to where we left off in the 23rd Psalm Adventure, let me comment briefly on the continuing fallout from the presidential election.

We’ll get to the next picture in our list of purposes and designs of the Lord in walking in the Paths of Righteousness shortly, but I’ve just remembered a couple of other stories that add to what we just shared last week in our discussion on walking and living by revelation rather than humanly acquired knowledge.

We were going to continue this week with our Psalm 23 Adventure, but with the general election coming up in just a few days, it seemed appropriate to take a break and share the following things with you.

Some eight years ago or so, I published a series of Coffee Breaks with this same title.

OK. Thought I was going to finish up this thing on math last week, but I can't help it. I get started with this stuff and can't stop.

Continuing where we left off last week, we consider the number 12 in the picture of the Bride of Christ -- the number of Ekklesia, the number of preparation, and the number of governmental authority.

Dealing with the formulaic approach to water baptism has been the bane of the church world. It has caused sincere, committed believers in Christ to lose sight of how critical this foundation is to their being able to "go on beyond" into the realms that await.

Let's get right to it as we pick up where we left off last week. As a reminder let me begin with the theme of this series from Hebrews 6:1-3:

Today we continue with the theme we began last week. It is critical for all of us as believers, if we are to be a part of that called-out company we know as the Bride of Christ, then going on beyond the fundamental foundations of Jesus Christ is an absolute necessity.