So to restate what Jesus said to them,: “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” Or, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be involved in my Father’s affairs?” Or to put it more simply, Jesus said,...
What were God's promises to Abraham? The promise of blessing and redemption It can be found in Genesis 12:1-3, where God promises tobless Abraham and all of his descendants. As part of this last covenant, God asked Abraham to remove his foreskin and the foreskin of all Jewish boys afte...
Over the years, I’ve tried to do something a little different around the book of Jonah each year, including short plays, musical parodies, and testimonies from people who have experienced being “in the belly of the fish” in their lifetime. A piece by one of my favorite artists, Isaa...
In 1885 John Clifford published a sermon contending Abraham misunderstood God in Genesis 22 concerning sacrificing Isaac. Clifford insisted God would not command something against his own law and only expected Abraham to renounce parental rights and consecrate Isaac to God, not sacrifice him as a ...
And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. visited. Genesis 50:24 And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jac...
Abimelech said to Abraham, "What did you see, that you have done this thing?"Young's Literal Translation Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, 'What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'Genesis 20:10 Additional Translations ......
children and adults to the gods has been practiced since ancient times as part of some cultural and religious observances. There are several references to child sacrifice in theBible, with one of the most prominent examples being God commanding Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, in Genesis 22...
They answered him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did, but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did. ...
For the last several years, I have done a Read Through the Bible in One Year plan. I like plans like this that include a reading from the Old Testament and New Testament, plus a Psalm and Proverb. I think it’s important to read the entire Bible, every word of it, and I’m glad...
The Covenant Setting - This is what Moses said to all of Israel in the Transjordanian wilderness, the arid rift valley opposite Suph, between Paran