An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
God is able In the ‘National Gallery of the Heroes of Faith,’ there is just one portrait that appears twice — Abraham. Hebrews 11 twice focuses on this extraordinary man as a God-given illustration of faith. First, the writer tells
When Lot left, Jehovah said… I hope we are not going too slowly for you. It has taken us three months to cover two chapters; however, I see this is assisting our goal rather than hindering it. One of the
Famine in the land. ‘And there was a famine in the land’ (Gen 12:10 ASV). It’s one thing to progress when everything is going well, but what happens when the trials come? And come they will. Often they come in
A nose jewel and two bracelets We are watching the unfolding of events pertaining to the father’s son; Isaac. If we continue with our analogy of The Father, Son and Holy Executive we see interesting patterns in this account. We
They that wait upon the Lord And then after the sitting, running, lying, and working comes the standing — the posture of a servant, you will recall from our last devotional. As we read Genesis 18 slowly we get a definite
Essentials From time to time in our recounting of Abraham’s pilgrimage we have touched on a passage of Scripture which has had a far-reaching consequence, and we have then followed the stream to its broader sweeps. The famous phrase… And
He is here It is wonderful to consider the way in which God, who measures the cosmos with a single span, is able and willing to focus on a single individual. I sometimes think of it as one of those
Chapter One: Beginnings Known unto God In British War Cemeteries throughout the world you often come across the words ‘Known unto God’ engraved on tombstones. The words were authored by the writer Rudyard Kipling whose own son was killed in World
Righteous Lot? Today we will meditate on the walk of Abraham by contrasting him with his nephew Lot. In writing the above title I was reminded of the story of a funeral. The deceased was a notorious character but the
And he believed in Jehovah… Genesis 15 contains one of the most important verses in the Bible. The verse becomes the basis for a major New Testament doctrine — justification by faith. It is sometimes said that Christianity has Jewish
