March 26, 2021 — Life’s Choices And Their Consequences

What’s the going price for a charter trip to Egypt in about 2000 BC? Expensive! Very Expensive! Biographies—the honest ones—give us the opportunity to see both life choices and, as time goes by, their consequences. A graphic example is in Genesis 13. The wealth acquired by Abram and his nephew Lot in Egypt has not […]

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March 25, 2021 — Lot And Abram: A Study In Contrasts

The author of Genesis uses foils, minor characters to provide contrasts with the main characters in the drama. We evaluate situations in life by making comparisons. That’s why the eye doctor asks, “Is this one better? Or this?” We taste flavors, squint at wall colors, comparison shop for products, and constantly ask ourselves “This? Or […]

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March 22, 2021 — Shechem: The Valley Of Decision

Bible geography is not trivia; it is usually an essential part of life’s tapestry, and is certainly true of Shechem. The first campsite for Abram in Canaan was Shechem. The name means “shoulder,” and anyone who visits there immediately sees why. This valley is bounded by two mountains: Ebal to the northeast and Gerizim to […]

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March 16, 2021 — May I Introduce “The Friend Of God”

More genealogies, but this time there’s a punchline—the list ends with someone who became God’s friend. Genesis 11 begins with a rebellion against God, but people who fight Him never win. Cuando Dios confundió su lenguaje—oh sorry, that’s Spanish—when God confused their language, they were forced to scatter. So we read, “they ceased building the […]

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