Category: Chronological Bible

This set of passages comes from Genesis 25-39, and related genealogies from 1 Chronicles 1 and 2. As you may recall from last week, Abraham and Sarah had given birth to Isaac, through whom God had promised to fulfill his covenant with them. I'm going to give a short synopsis of the events that happen [...]

In his book Read the Bible for Life, George Guthrie makes a point several times to encourage students of the Bible to always ask the questions "What does this story tell me about God?" and "How does this passage fit into the bigger picture of Scripture?". The passages for this week's readings through the Chronological [...]

Happy New Year, 2018! I'm not normally up at midnight, but since I woke up from the fireworks next door (sorry to disappoint you), I thought I'd begin the new year with a new idea. Now that I'm actually retired and theoretically should have more time available, I think I'll write a weekly blog entry [...]