Faithful Provision

13 Abraham looked up and saw a ram[a] caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. (Genesis 22:13 CSB) We may be called upon by God to fulfill a difficult task, but probably none...

Waiting on an Outcome

1 Abram’s wife, Sarai, had not borne any children for him, but she owned an Egyptian slave named Hagar. 2 Sarai said to Abram, “Since the Lord has prevented me from bearing children, go to my slave; perhaps through her I can build a family.” And Abram agreed to what Sarai said. (Genesis 16:1-2 CSB)...

Pillar and Foundation

15 But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. (1 Timothy 3:15 CSB) The church is the pillar and foundation of the truth....

Origin Stories

1  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 CSB) There is a beginning to every story. Most all religions have a creation story of some sort. And, of course, we have many other scientific and not so scientific theories about how everything came into being. The...

We must Fight. We must Love

23 but I see a different law in the parts of my body,[a] waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body. (Romans 7:12 CSB) There is a war raging within us that we may not even recognize....