Have you ever done the same stupid thing you said you’d never do again? Well, you’re in good company because that’s exactly what Abraham did. After years of walking with God, witnessing miracles, and receiving promises, he fell back into the same lie that nearly cost him everything in Egypt. “She’s my sister,” he told…
When you hear of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Probably destruction, right? The destruction of those two cities by God stands as one of Scripture’s most sobering displays of divine judgment. Genesis 19 reveals a city so corrupted that not even ten righteous people could…
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…