After a wonderful discussion and revelations about the Exodus and the birth of Moses, we continue our journey in the old testament and learn about the covenant God made with Moses. We learned a lot about the covenant that God made with Abraham and how that still impacts us today. Now God continues and makes…
We read, learned and could really relate to that reoccurring cycle of humanity; people sin, people suffer the consequences, God redeems. We have all lived this, one way or the other and at varying levels. The whole concept that the creator and authority over everything, offering us redemption is beyond what we can really comprehend.…
In the readings this week in Genesis, I was captured with a reminder for our learnings about the use of LORD versus Lord. If you did not read it, you can peak at it here: “The personal God“. The section that caught my attention was the chapter 18 just after Abraham is visited by the…
We had a great week reading and discovering about the beginning of the story. Our story. There was a lot of great discussions around the garden and the original temptations and the exile out of the garden. This week we go from Adam and Eve into the stories about Abraham. The era or time of…
We come to believe that there is more to life than us. We realize that there is a God, a creator, but then we come to the point of existence. Did the creator just reach back and pull the string to catapult this world into motion and back away to watch? Did he set things…
We learned a lot over the last three weeks about studying the bible. Some insights to possibly get more out of the time we spend reading the bible and hopefully some good encouragement for our own walk with the Lord. It was a very strong topic when we acknowledged the apprehension from diving into the…
We continue to explore the whole idea of reading and studying the bible. Over the years we have all been exposed to reading the bible. We spent time studying together. We have most likely attended many “bible studies”. But how do we approach such an activity? Last week we learned about prayerfully asking the Holy…
You cannot do it alone. You can read the book all you want. You can memorize scripture, but until the Holy Spirit reveals the revelation you will not fully grasp the relationship with God. Have you struggled from time to time in reading a lot and not really connecting? So what do you do? You…
A Holy Bible. We all have one. Most of us have more than one. We have different styles, different sizes. Some with commentary, maps, helps Do you come to the bible with options to consider? Do you think that the bible is like a little fortune teller that you can go to when trying to…