Why is it we can have great blessings but fail to enjoy them because we are so distracted by wanting other things? What is it in our human nature that desires what we don’t have or envies what others have? These questions came to mind as I read Genesis 20-21. These chapters relate four events, …
The God Who Sees
One of my favorite things to do is curl up with a good book. I’ve always loved to read. I belong to two neighborhood book clubs, which are composed of all women. Because of that, I’ve read a lot of books over the past few years that tell the stories of women from different cultures …
Things Aren’t Always As They Seem
“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 …
The Way Of The Word 