. . . The genealogy from Abraham to David is a story of God’s surprising grace to one marginalized person after another. We don’t get far into the generations from Abraham to Jesus before our attention is called to the names of four remarkable women. Their mention in this list is not a small matter. […]
. . . Abraham left the great civilization, the life of trying to build stairways to heaven, and walked faithfully with God on God’s earth. “Son of Abraham” is a term for those who live by faith in God. They believe that God is good and purposeful. They believe that God knows what he is […]
To read this post click here: Good news 2.1 Story About this series of reflections . . . Names had meaning in that culture. Zechariah means “God remembers.” Abijah means “God is my Father.” Elizabeth means “God is my promise.” The names themselves are introducing us to the kind of God who is making […]
Good News 1.1 Gen 1 About this series of reflections . . . God was going to begin something with that formless, silent stuff. He was going to give shape to a place, and He was going to give movement to the lifeless. We get our first orientation from our surroundings, and from the experience […]
To read click here: Gen 15. Faith which God Affirms One of the most common conversations about God that I have begins like this: “I love God. Or, at least, I thought I did. And I thought God loved me, since, in Jesus, He died for me and forgave my sin. . . But now […]
This book is a bird’s-eye view of life themes essential to a relationship with the Lord as He reveals them in the first five books of His written Word, the Bible. The Jews call these books the Torah, meaning “the Law,” and Biblical scholars also call them the Pentateuch, meaning “five vessels” or “five books.” […]