“Things aren’t always as they seem.” That’s a pretty common bit of wisdom, to which, I would guess, that every person reading this could attest. We have all experienced circumstances that seemed to be one way but turned out completely different than we thought they might. We know it—so why is it so easy to …
Why Read Those Genealogies?
Genesis 10-11 contains what is often called the Table of Nations. Remember, the Bible is a book of history, recording how God formed a nation through which He could send His Son and fulfill the promise made in Genesis 3:15. Genesis 10 lays out Noah’s three sons and their descendants, while Genesis 11:1-9 describes how …
A God Who Grieves
Genesis 6-9 is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible: Noah and the Ark. Did you know that you can go anywhere in the world and discover that almost every people group has some version of the facts in the stories handed down from generation to generation? Secular “scientists” have much maligned and …
Hearts Not Hands
Genesis 4 contains the details of the first recorded murder in mankind’s history. How quickly sin has invaded the minds and hearts of God’s special creation! In His desire to have a relationship with a creature made in His own image, God, in His sovereignty, chose to grant us free will. We have the freedom …
Creation Old And New
I’ve set a goal this year to read through the Bible chronologically. While you can use a plan to check off, I found it’s easier for me to use a Bible that is formatted in this way. I’m using The Daily Bible in the NIV. I haven’t read through the entire Bible in a couple …
The Way Of The Word 