In Genesis 15, we see one of the strangest covenant ceremonies in all the Bible. A covenant is typically between two people, but in this situation, one person was conspicuously absent—and that reality changes everything. Abram had questions. He was childless, aging, and the promise of an heir seemed impossible. So God brought him outside…
Abram had finally arrived to land God showed him, but he and his nephew so quickly became blessed in Genesis 13 that they had go separate ways. The land where they were couldn’t sustain them both. And so, Abram broke the news to him, but softened the blow by letting Lot choose his land first.…
When God called Abram in Genesis 12, he wasn’t even Abraham yet, and God didn’t give him a GPS route or a detailed itinerary. He simply said, “Go to the land I will show you.” Notice what’s missing? The destination. The timeline. The specifics. Yet Abram went. At seventy-five years old, he packed up everything—his…
It’s college football season, and on any given Saturday, there’s going to be plenty of flags thrown on the field for taunting. After catching a touchdown, some wide receiver is going to lean over his defender lying on the ground and shout something mocking or insulting and then do a dance right in his face.…
One thing on this earth that people highly value is gold. We put it on our fingers, around our necks, and even in our teeth. But the gold that you have on your body is certainly not in the form we dug out of the ground or panned for in that stream. Of course, it’s…
One thing is for sure, we live in a sexually permissive age. The hedonistic call of doing whatever feels good is the spirit of the age. Anything goes today. While that may be the spirit of the age, is that wise? In light of what God has told us in Scripture, to just do whatever…
Don’t you love to read the words of Jesus? He shared so many encouraging things with us. But make no mistake about it. Jesus was no ear-tickler. He said what needed to be said and often spoke strong words of judgment and rebuke over others. Toward the end of Matthew 11, he began to call out cities who had rejected him. “Woe…
When you stand before God one day, would you like to receive a great reward? Well, in Matthew 10:40-42, Jesus tells us one way how, and here it is: show hospitality to and be supportive of the ministers of God in your community. Jesus was just about to send out his twelve disciples to do ministry in his name all throughout the…
This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine. Did you sing that song as a child? Jesus said in Matthew 5:14 that Christians are the light of the world. And you would be crazy to try to hide that light. Nobody lights a candle and covers it with a basket. Hide it under a bushel? No! I’m going to…
Today we wrap up the season of Advent under our theme “Faith Like a Child.” This Christmas as we celebrate the kingdom of Christ, Jesus himself said in Mark 10:15, Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it. Today we focus on the…