Author Archives: Plymothian

Ricky Jackson was a teenager interested in a local robbery.  By the time he got to the corner store that had been robbed, a mild-mannered Harry Franks lay dead on the floor after having battery acid splashed in his face … Continue reading →

  Many twentysomethings who love Jesus don’t like His church. Their complaints are varied. Some say the worship is dry. Some say the theology is wish-washy. Still others decry the lack of strong leadership. And so, we know, they are … Continue reading →

I am reading various accounts of what a cupbearer and a baker are. Here are two of the better definitions:   CUPBEARER (מַשְׁקֶה).—An officer of considerable importance at Oriental courts, whose duty it was to serve the wine at the … Continue reading →

Knowing God, for me, has not been a constant experience.  I have not always been close to God.  I have not always felt the presence of God in the same way every day.  When I was very young I remember … Continue reading →

Interaction with the NIV Application Commentary (Completing 4 of 25 hours of Prep) In his entry in the Application Commentary on Genesis 40, John H. Walton writes: Since two years separate the dreams of this chapter from Joseph’s elevation to … Continue reading →

Personal Reflections on Joseph in Jail (Genesis 40)  (Total time spent 3 hrs of 25) The prison is described in the Expanded Bible as a ’round house.’  It is then referred to in many translations as a house.  Was it the … Continue reading →

Personal Connection with Genesis 40 It’s hard to say how many hours I have spent in prep for my Genesis 40 sermon at the moment.  I didn’t open the text on the way in to work in the car, but … Continue reading →

25 Hours of Prep:  End of the First Hour I have read Genesis 40 for about an hour.  As I have read it repeatedly I have been looking for key phrases and looking for what might be the Big Idea. … Continue reading →

Improving My Preaching:  25 Hours of Prep Part 1 God has used circumstance to challenge my preparation for preaching.  Scott Chapman, our pastor at The Chapel said in a sermon that he usually spent 25 hours or so a week … Continue reading →

I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of … Continue reading →