Monthly Archives: September 2015

My students are reading a book I was assigned at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the doctoral program.  The book is by Timothy Keller and it is called Every Good Endeavor.  The Amazon summary of the book reads: With deep … Continue reading →

My grandmother, the formidable Myrtle May, could point out a hussy when she saw one.  The hussy would be described as brazen or shameless.  The last descriptor sounded rather attractive to me.  My grandmother used it to describe a woman … Continue reading →

As I continue to think about the design of a happy marriage, I have to start with singleness.  Whether you believe in a literal Adam or a figurative Adam, or no Adam at all, the Bible wants to teach that … Continue reading →

In his commentary on Genesis 1:14-31, John H. Walton writes: Our capacity to be godlike impacts our view of ourselves and of what should characterize our lives as we seek to deepen our relationship with God.  While an ethical system … Continue reading →

My wife and I drive in to work together.  She forgot that I can sleep in and woke me up at 4:30 a.m. as per usual.  It was advantageous because we are meant to be preparing for a marriage retreat … Continue reading →

Real Life is where a passage from the Bible is meant to be applied.  People can be quite arrogant or ignorant in their use of the phrase ‘real life’.  For example, when I was a student at college, those who … Continue reading →

There are all kinds of details in Genesis 20 that someone can choose to talk about.  You could talk about the difference in the opening verses about where Abraham settled and where he did his shepherding.  You could talk about … Continue reading →

In Genesis 20, Abraham’s excuse for pretending that Sarah is his wife is because he thought there was no fear of God in that country.  He modified his actions because he thought there was no appeal to God.  Without appeal … Continue reading →

From there Abraham journeyed towards the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took … Continue reading →

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Bible Memory I stood with … Continue reading →