An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
‘The head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. When he was called The story of ‘the steps of the faith of our father Abraham’ is not only to be found in the
What is this that thou hast done? Beware the temptation to take a quick, reasonable, sojourn in Egypt until the difficult times pass. Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding: In all thy ways acknowledge
The Lord hath need… We are meditating on Abraham’s meeting with Melchizedek and have tried to identify some key elements of this encounter. We have seen authentic ‘communion’ with God, a genuine priest’s power to bless in the name of
‘the head of an old man’ Guernico. Used by kind permission of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The making of a man of God. Preface. Every story has a purpose and my re-telling of this story has its purpose revealed in
Particular responsibility and a look at the accounts This week’s devotional is a little more ‘technical’ and a little longer. We are going to see how Paul expounds Abraham’s experience. Please don’t be discouraged by that; these are vital truths
Wait I say on the Lord Our previous devotional found Abraham ‘waiting upon’ his visitors. His waiting upon God was not ‘in order that’… There was no secret ambition in his service; it was simply the instinct of his life.
Beware the Midianites In our last devotional, we began to explore some of the implications of the ritual of circumcision and the continuing truths that are implied in the typology. Let’s recap briefly. Circumcision is a picture of ‘no confidence
This is the way you shall bless An excursus is an academic expression. It means a digression in the narrative, a detour. Most preachers use detours in the course of their preaching. Some exceptional preachers can actually start with a
Melchizedek; time to sit and eat In our previous devotional we gave an overview of Abraham’s encounter with kings, confederates and a priest. We can take time now to think a little more about his remarkable meeting with that priest,
Righteous Abimelech? The Bible tells a highly selective story And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that
