Having grown impatient, Sarai devises a plan to get an heir. Abram foolishly concedes and goes along with Sarai’s sinful plan, which brings about disastrous consequences. Together they selfishly grasped for what God had promised, trying to work God’s...

Abram, now old and beyond the biological age of being capable to father a child, asks god for a sign, a means of helping him know that God will fulfill his promises. God reinforces his promise to Abram with a stellar object lesson. And Abram believed...

In Genesis 14 we read about Abram’s victory in battle as he rescues Lot and his subsequent meeting with two kings after the battle. In this passage we see a contrast between faithful and foolish ways as well as God’s providence, trustworthiness and...

God promised Abram land for his descendants. In chapter 13 Abram demonstrated confidence in God’s promise through humble deference to Lot and God demonstrated his faithfulness to Abram through reiterating his promise.

No one expected a resurrected Jesus. The women and disciples who watched Jesus be crucified and die, mourned and wept. They had no hope. None. And even after they saw the resurrected Christ, it took many proofs to convince them that Jesus is...

Jesus proclaimed to his disciples repeatedly that he would go to Jerusalem and there be betrayed, handed over and killed, only to take up his life again on the 3rd day. As he enters Jerusalem, his disciples and the crowds celebrate his arrival. They...

In spite of demonstrating great faith in God, Abram still struggled with fear and doubt. But in spite of Abram's fear and deception God remained faithful to his promises.

In Genesis 12 we read the origins of the nation of Israel. God’s chosen people began when God called Abram out of his homeland to go to an unknown land. God promised Abram a 7-fold blessing. Remarkably, boldly, Abram believed and obeyed God. God led...

The story of the tower of Babel explains to us how one people, became many nations with many different languages. At the beginning of chapter 11, the people all spoke one language. But because of their defiance and rebellion against God, God dispersed...

Genesis chapter 10 is an often neglected passage of Scripture because it contains a genealogy. But in reality this text is utterly unique, providing us with information about how the world was filled by humanity, God’s blessing and critical truths...