Monthly Archives: August 2010

Genesis 22:1-14 The child of promise has come!  Then, when Isaac is a teenager, God says to Abraham, “Kill your only son.”  Abraham gets ready to do so. He lies to his wife and servants about what is to happen.  … Continue reading →

Psalm 91 This psalm is poetic nonsense!  God doesn’t act like this in real life! He will save you from the fowler’s snare: Missionaries in New Guinea were surrounded by villagers one night.  They came to kill.  They left shedding … Continue reading →

1Samuel 20:30-36, Luke 19:11-17 Our world needs less Eli’s and more faithful servants.  Here’s why. Eli was high priest of Israel.  He knew the law, knew the Lord.  He raised his sons in the faith, knowing they would one day … Continue reading →

Genesis 16:1-6 Out of the Ten Commandments, Abraham here breaks at least 6.  And, though the commands had not yet been given they, even then, were a good idea.  How did Abraham go astray? He took a promise of God … Continue reading →

Genesis 14:17-24 A war is over.  Abraham wins it.  He fights in it because his nephew Lot managed to get himself captured, and Abraham was going to get his relative free.  In the process, we read of Abraham’s freedom, and … Continue reading →

1Corinthians 2:1-5 All believers have an invisible partner in faith, the church “bug bear.”  He is the inner voice that says, “I can’t; I won’t; I don’t.” But notice here Paul’s approach to church and to faith. He sets aside … Continue reading →

Isaiah 7:3-9, Matthew 8:23-27 Never fear!  Oh, yeah?  How about when an army of three peoples is going to wipe you and yours out?  How about when a storm will kill you and your friends on the water?  What does … Continue reading →

Genesis 11:31-12:3 His father was going to the wilderness, out by Canaan.  The family lived in one of the most modern and exciting cities in the world at that time.  On the way, they stopped at Haran, a distant suburb … Continue reading →