Month: March 2016

Jacob’s Ladder

Click here to read Genesis 30 on BibleGateway.com  “So God has taken away your father’s livestock and has given them to me.” – Genesis 31:9 When we first meet our good friend Jacob, he forces his starving brother Esau to fork…

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Must…Boil…Goat…

Click here to read Exodus 34 on BibleGateway.com “Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” – Exodus 34:26 For the most part, the Bible is fairly reasonable with all the commandyness. Don’t murder, don’t steal, keep God first,…

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That Escalated Quickly

Click here to read John 12 on BibleGateway.com So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,  for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him. – John 12:10-11 Everything…

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Wild Kingdom

Click here to read Luke 23 on BibleGateway.com When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him. From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform…

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Reasonable Doubt

Click here to read Job 37 on BibleGateway.com Tell us what we should say to him;  we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.  – Job 37:19 Is there anything worse than being shown you don’t know as…

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Stumblerooski

Click here to read 2 Corinthians 6 on BibleGateway.com We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. – 2 Corinthians 6:3 History is full of unintended consequences, sometimes in a way almost humorous….

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Things Never Change – Until They Do

Click here to read Luke 17 on BibleGateway.com People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. – Luke 17:27 Recently, a prominent agnostic writer…

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The Crooked and Narrow

Click here to read Exodus 13 on BibleGateway.com When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their…

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Purposeful Innocence

Click here to read Job 30 on BibleGateway.com Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor? Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness. – Job 30:25-26…

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