Reflecting God: Who Is God?

If you were asked, “Who is God?” how would you answer? It’s not an easy, straight-forward question to answer, is it? We might describe our relationship with God, show examples of how He works in our lives, or share some Bible references, but God is so much bigger than we can even imagine, much less… Read More

Reflecting God: We Are Light-Reflectors

We are not the light—we are light reflectors. We couldn’t possibly provide light on our own—that’s a task no imperfect human could ever do. We can’t earn our way into “light-dom.” In order to reflect the light, we also must ask for God to fill us with His light, and He is faithful to respond.… Read More

Lot Settles, Abram Wanders, War and More, Genesis 14

It occurs to me that the traveling Patriarchs were home-schoolers. Abram and Sarai, as parents and tribal leaders, were responsible for the training of not only their own children, but those of the whole tribe as well. The training was spiritual as well as vocational. Abraham also kept his army in top form. As we… Read More

Lot Settles, Abram Wanders, and War: Genesis 14

This chapter begins with Abram avoiding conflict and ends with him leading an army on a rescue mission. RESEARCH NUGGETS In obedience to God’s command to travel around and see the promised land, Abram headed southward, until he reached the city of Kiryath Arba, later called Hebron. There he was welcomed by Aner, Eshkol and… Read More