Wayfarer

Today's chapter is more than genealogy. It is layered with numbers and patterns that metaphorically point to important lessons. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 5. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

I walk with purpose. I have a fixed destination like the Wayfaring Stranger in the famous old folk tune. And yet, along the way I have observed many who appear to be walking their respective earthly journey without purpose, or with a purpose that stands in stark contrast to mine. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 4. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The consequence of Adam and Eve's disobedience was immediate. God arrives and pronounces that they are entering a world of pain. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 3. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

For whatever reason, God saw fit to surround me with women most of my entire life journey. Chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 2. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

As I read through the well-known account of creation, I found both my heart and mind struggling to distill my thoughts down to a simple, coherent thought to share. A chapter-a-day podcast from Genesis 1. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com. The reading about Mr. Tayer referenced in this podcast may be downloaded here, and the link to Tom's "Messages" page is here.

In recent months, I've had multiple followers of Jesus who I know to be learned and wise ask me whether I believe the return of Christ will happen in our lifetime. I'll give you my answer, but first let me explain why I find it fascinating. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Peter 3. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The playbook is pretty basic: "Indulge your appetites and you will experience freedom." Yet, I've never found anything really free or good traveling down any alley of indulgence. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Peter 2. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

In the opening of Peter's second letter to first-century followers of Jesus, he begins by identifying those who are legitimate followers of Jesus. You won't find mention of a "membership certificate" or congregational approval anywhere in the description. A chapter-a-day podcast from 2 Peter 1. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

And so I leave the words of ancient Nahum for now until the journey brings me back this way. Kingdoms and empires come and go on this earth as they have since the first civilization in Sumer. And so, they ever will. A chapter-a-day podcast from Nahum 3. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast can be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

The sub-culture of smack-talk in sports came to mind this morning as I read today's chapter because Nahum's entire prophetic poem is an ancient version of talking smack against his people's greatest enemy, Assyria. A chapter-a-day podcast from Nahum 2. The text version of every chapter-a-day podcast may be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.