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In the post “Purpose” that I did back in August, I talked a little bit about how Genesis 1 is God’s mission statement. In this post I want to develop that idea a little further. Amos 3:7 says, “The Lord does nothing without first revealing it to
This week at the Bible study I’m teaching, one of the men asked about Matthew 6:13, “Lead me not into temptation, but deliver me from evil.” I’ve heard this verse questioned before, but it was the first time the question was directed to me personally, and
The word Christian literally means “Christ-like.” By that definition there aren’t any. 🙂 Jesus the Christ is wholly unique. There is no one like Him in all of history. He left the earth at only 33 years old. He literally lifted straight up off the earth
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. God said let there be light and there was light. God separated the light from the darkness. The light He called Day and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were
Today I was reflecting on the imagery of gardens in the Bible. God began His conversation with us in a garden. A quiet, beautiful place where we could walk and talk with God. During the Exodus, the Israelites wandered through the wilderness. A stark contrast to the
“Do not be deceived, God is not mocked. You will reap what you sow.” I think sometimes we get confused though. I think the devil convinces us that we are reaping, when we are really sowing. He tells us, “Grab that sweet juicy fruit! The good times,
I was listening to the Bible Project this morning. I’m in a study on Abraham. Tim Mackie was teaching on chapter 15 of Genesis. He highlights two sequences of dialogue between God and Abraham. In the first one, Genesis 15:1-6, God makes a Promise about “Reward.”
There are a lot of voices in our society telling us to push, be more, be better. Achievement is what gives our lives value and meaning. But that is not what God is saying to us. When it comes to spiritual disciplines, it is not so
I’m writing a book about the Day of Atonement. Sounds exciting, I know. A few years ago, The Bible Project did a year long walk through the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. The word Torah means instruction, and the Torah is said to have
This morning, an image came into my mind as I was worshipping God. I saw people moving through this life, this linear, pale starter life that we live here on the earth, and every deed every word that they did or spoke was finding its place
