Yearly Archives: 2009

Sarah is now fertile.  That means that Abraham can’t travel around claiming that she is his sister and let Abimelech sleep with her.  The blessing of Abraham is under threat again.  How would we know whose seed has blossomed if … Continue reading →

Sodomite.  Sodomy.  The name of the city of Sodom has become a word for anal sex.  However, the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was not isolated to one night where men wanted to have anal sex with Lot’s angelic guests.  … Continue reading →

Yesterday we saw how Lot was an obstacle to God blessing Abram with land.  God removed the obstacle.  Today we see another potential obstacle to the blessing.  By reading the text as it stands, we might think that Abram believed … Continue reading →

The faith that Abram has is ‘taking God at his word and acting upon it.’  When God speaks and commands him to act the text shows no delay in Abram’s compliance.  We would like to have God give us direct instruction … Continue reading →

Abram comes from Ur.  It probably isn’t the Ur that the archaeologists have found in southern Mesopotamia.  It’s probably one in north-central Mesopotamia, but that does not make Abram’s journey any less remarkable.  He left his people;  He left his family; … Continue reading →

What was the deal with the Tower of Babel?  In Chicago they have tonnes of skyscrapers and God hasn’t come down and destroyed the economy here because of pride, greed, or corruption.  No, wait …Actually it is quite different.  The … Continue reading →

As I was growing up I wrestled with the death penalty.  I thought that it was barbaric and that no Chriistian could rightly support it.  I thought that there is really no redemption through killing a person who has killed … Continue reading →

The story of Noah is one of the most abused stories in Toyland.  We have reinvented it so that it is a story of a floating zoo.  If you read the account it is no children’s story.  The wickedness that … Continue reading →

Who on earth were the Nephilim?  When I read of them I think of the Titans in Greek mythology.  They seem like demigods who perform heroic deeds and smile a pearly-white smile.  They have intrigued me since I was a … Continue reading →

I sometimes get a fish tank full of clear water at a camp and put it up in front of the campers.  I take a little ink and drop it into the clear water.  The campers can then see how … Continue reading →