16 Rejoice always, 17 pray constantly, 18 give thanks in everything; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 CSB) I know I have written to you before on this set of scriptures, but it is one of my very favorite in the Bible. It is something that we can fall back...

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...

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)...

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....

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...