This post is based on Genesis 24v29-67 and is best understood by reading said passage first. Scripture is the most compelling, beautiful, and valuable piece of literature in the history of literature precisely because it is more than just a piece of literature. It is a book in which every word has been breathed […]
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Living by Faith in God’s Promises
This post is based on Genesis 24v1-28 and is best understood after reading said passage. Scripture has a certain unique quality to it – a strangeness rather – that has a way, or the ability to pull us into itself. We step into it, and it gets bigger. Then it beckons us take another step, and it widens. […]
The Inevitability of Death and the Christian Hope Therein Springing Forth from Genesis 23 Concerning Sarah’s Death and Burial
This post is based on Genesis 23 thus making it best understood after reading that passage. As human beings, our mortality is an inescapable reality of our existence. Death is something that surrounds us, our entire lives. Everyday thousands of people around the world are born, and thousands of people die. The indiscriminate reality of […]
A Provision of Peace
This post is based on Genesis 21v22-34. It would be best to read that passage first, then read this post. Peace, much like happiness, is something that every human being wants and craves, if they do not have it. Peace is a good thing. A lack of peace often keeps us up at night. A […]
God’s Providential Care for His People, as Illustrated in Genesis 21, Ultimately Culminating in Christ
This post is based on Genesis 21v1-21 coupled with Galatians 4v21-31. It would be best to read those passages before reading this article. In The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, there is a scene where Frodo is in the Shire, sitting under a tree. In the movie he hears the singing […]