You know, the Bible mirrors life. Therefore, it often gets messy. And that’s exactly what we see in Genesis 27. There’s no way to sanitize the family drama we see here. Isaac plays favorites with Esau while Rebekah does the same with Jacob. Rebekah schemes and manipulates everybody. Jacob lies directly to his blind father.…

In Genesis 25, we come across a story that is both intriguing and troubling. Isaac, who is Abraham’s son of Promise, and his wife Rebekah had tried for twenty years to have children. When Rebekah finally conceived, what should have been nothing but joy soon turned to distress. What seemed like a double blessing in…

Have you ever been given what seemed to be an impossible task by somebody? Maybe life itself feels that way sometimes. As Abraham grew old, we read in Genesis 24 that he called his servant and laid on him what probably felt like an impossible task: go to my homeland and find the right wife…

Apostle Paul says in Philippians 3:1, “Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.” Paul’s call to “rejoice in the Lord” is more than a feel-good phrase. It’s a command grounded in reality. He’s not offering shallow advice…

Sometimes I picture life like a boxing match. It’s often a real battle of pugilistic intensity. We’re often dodging punches and countering attacks. We’re just trying to make it to the bell. But every boxer is helped if they have a good person in their corner. They provide crucial insight, offer much needed encouragment, and…

Since 1874, Christians have been singing this tune based on today’s text in Philippians 2:14-15. Over the years, our brothers and sisters have loved these lyrics and melody: Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life; Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life; Words of life and beauty, teach…

For today’s devotional thought, I want to share a poem with you someone once wrote called “The Grumble Family.” There’s a family nobody likes to meet; They live, it is said, on Complaining Street In the city of Never-Are-Satisfied, The River of Discontent beside. They growl at that and they growl at this; Whatever comes,…

I want to read to you one of the most powerful statements about Jesus Christ. It comes Philippians 2:9–11, which says, “Therefore, God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven…

“I Am Second,” have you seen one of those videos? It’s a social media movement over the last 15 years or so where people sit in a big white chair and share candid insights into their journey with Jesus. These are stories of transformation, faith, and resilience. It’s usually celebrities like Tony Dungy, Phll Robertson,…

School is out for the summer, and that means it’s about time to get going on some road trips for summer vacations. There’s nothing quite like loading everybody into a vehicle and heading out on the open road. Oftentimes, the drive itself is part of the fun. But one of the things that can make…