Author Archives: Plymothian

The story of the Creation was a story of order created from chaos.  As we have read Genesis we have seen chaos ordered again and again.  God’s people knowingly or unwittingly carry out his plans.  Some think that God’s actions … Continue reading →

Hope that you all had a good Thanksgiving.  I almost got to the end of Genesis.  Tomorrow will be my last reading in Genesis.  Things that are terrible can work for good.  The life of Joseph illustrates this.  What his … Continue reading →

If I told you you had a math test in 20 minutes, what would you do?  That’s when many people find religion.  For Jacob it was no different.  The only difference was that instead of facing a math test he … Continue reading →

Why can’t people see that the ones who drive them most crazy are the ones who are most like themselves?  My grandmother would cross her arms and then pout her lips as she told you with disgust the things my … Continue reading →

Jacob makes a deal with God. God is gracious and works with Jacob at this time.  However, if Jacob thinks that he has God wrapped around his little finger he is sorely mistaken.  Jacob is being transformed from a deceitful, … Continue reading →

 When we have an account of someone in Genesis – ‘This is the account of’ – it is actually an account of their children.  Now we have another obstacle to the blessing that God has promised Abraham.  This is the … Continue reading →

Abraham now gains land in Canaan.  Just a little bit, but the promise is coming to fruition.  The event that brings this about is Sarah’s death.  Isn’t it strange how God sometimes works through our hardest times to bring about … Continue reading →

What was Abraham thinking when God told him to sacrafice his son?  What was God thinking?  I have often said that he tested Abraham’s faith?  However, God knows everything.  If that is true, he knew that Abraham was going to … Continue reading →

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 →