The Boss tells Jacob, “Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt.” Why would The boss tell Jacob to abstain from dread and dismay? What is there to be afraid of? (see Acts 7:6). “Jacob sent […]
“Come near to me, please.” “Do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me into slavery, for God sent me before you to preserve life. God sent me before you to preserve you. It was not you who sent me here, but God.” “Come and live near me.” “I will provide for […]
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 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 […]
The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters nine through thirteen. Here are my main takeaways…
The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters five through eight. Here are my main takeaways…
The morning meeting with The Boss primarily consisted of Second Corinthians, chapters one through four. Here are my main takeaways…
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]