Once when Jacob was cooking a stew, Esau came in from the field exhausted. He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stuff, because I’m exhausted.” That is why he was also named Edom. Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look,” said Esau, “I am about Read more…
“Then Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there to worship; then we’ll come back to you.” 22:5 Since moving to our new place of service in Africa, one of the greatest areas of struggle we have faced Read more…
So sorry to have been away for the last few days. I actually had elective surgery on both knees and I have been recovering. The problem, though, is that as I catching up I realize there are so many things I would love to share from the last few days. Read more…
The Sermon on the Mount… Wow! there is so much here that I honestly feel like I could spend the entire year unpacking these three chapters of Matthew. There is honestly no more poignant, concise and profound transcript of Jesus’ teachings than this. Every word and phrase drips with profound Read more…
I have always loved the story of Job. There is something real, gritty and yet profound that leaps from the pages of this real life hero. While there was no particular mention of God’s glory, or specific uses of the words faithfulness and pride, you can see them vividly demonstrated Read more…
Yesterday I talked about the concept of Sabbath and how it pre-dates the laws surrounding it; how the seventh day was declared a holy day of rest in the very beginning. As legalists typically do, people tend to get caught up in the rules and regulations of spiritual ideas instead Read more…
“On the seventh day God had completed his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all of his work that he had done. God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, for on it he rested from all his work of creation.” 2:2-3 Read more…
“LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!” 8:1 I have been focusing on the glory of God this year and there are few passages that better emphasize God’s glory than this psalm of David. David begins by saying that the Lord’s name is magnificent, or “majestic” Read more…
There are so many things that can be highlighted in these chapters from Abram’s life (soon to be Abraham). He is a man of great faith and the father of nations, yet in a moment of weakness and doubt, he allowed his wife to convince him to father a child Read more…
In Psalm 1 the writer lays out what happiness is like and where happiness comes from. I think that is an amazing place to start a new year because we are always looking for happiness. Some versions say “blessed,” but the Hebrew word here is actually “happy” even though our Read more…