Posts from August 2025

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Fascinating DETAILS in Genesis 20-25

by Tyler Dirks

Isaac loved Esau (25:28). Ishmael settled over against all his kinsmen, and Ishmael’s sons were twelve princes (25:18,16). Ishmael and Isaac hung out together at their dad’s funeral, and their dad died at the age of 175 (25:9,7). Abraham was married to Sarah, Hagar, and KETURAH! Abraham’s kids WITH KETURAH were named: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, […]

Grace

by Tyler Dirks

“Grace doesn’t sell; you can hardly even give it away, because it works only for losers and no one wants to stand in their line. The world of winners will buy case lots of moral advice, grosses of guilt-edged prohibitions, skids of self-improvement techniques, and whole truckloads of transcendental hot air. But it will not […]

Two Cor [chs 9-13]

by Tyler Dirks

The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters nine through thirteen. Here are my main takeaways…

Two Cor [continued]

by Tyler Dirks

The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters five through eight. Here are my main takeaways…

Two Cor

by Tyler Dirks

The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters one through four. Here are my main takeaways…

Luke 24

by Tyler Dirks

In my morning meeting with The Boss, He said, “After Jesus had been crucified, His body was put in a tomb. Then a few days went by and Joanna & Co. went to the tomb, and they found the tomb wide open, and the body was missing. And they were perplexed about this, and then […]

EoE chapter 24, part 3

by Tyler Dirks

Lee and Adam walked out to the shed with Samuel to see him off. Lee carried a tin lantern tolight the way, for it was one of those clear early winter nights when the sky riots with stars andthe earth seems doubly dark because of them. A silence lay on the hills. No animal moved […]

EoE chapter 24, part 2

by Tyler Dirks

“Do you remember when you read us the sixteen verses of the fourth chapter of Genesis and weargued about them?”“I do indeed. And that’s a long time ago.”“Ten years nearly,” said Lee. “Well, the story bit deeply into me and I went into it word for word.The more I thought about the story, the more […]

EoE chapter 24, part 1

by Tyler Dirks

“How is Adam?”“He’s all right. But he hasn’t changed much. I won-der what he was like before.”“Yes, I’ve wondered about that. It was a short flow-ering. The boys must be big.”“They are big. I’m glad I stayed here. I learned a great deal from seeing the boys grow andhelping a little.”“Did you teach them Chinese?”“No. […]

Two Excerpts From Cannery Row

by Tyler Dirks

Here are two excerpts from “Cannery Row” by John Steinbeck Valuing Success OVER Failure… “It has always seemed strange to me,” said Doc. “The things we admirein men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding andfeeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits wedetest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest are […]