January 2024

Look, I get it. I’m weird. As a Christian, though, I’m supposed to be weird, right? My lifestyle and the things that I do (and don’t do) are in sharp contrast to people I know in the world. My values are different, my goals are different, and my choices are different. That’s how it’s supposed […]

With all this talk about Abraham’s family expanding and him becoming a “father to many nations,” one question remains unanswered: What happened to Abraham’s other family? In our jump to talking about how amazing it was that Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees to travel to Canaan based on his faith in God, we don’t

When you think of God blessing Abraham, most of the time, you probably think of Genesis 12.  That is, after all, the first time God makes these promises to Abraham, and for God, once is enough. So why does God then turn around bless Abraham again in Genesis 22?  The promises are exactly the same:

Three days. That’s how long it took Abraham and Isaac to get to the top of Mount Moriah where he would eventually offer his son to God. Three days. That’s a long time to think. In a world filled with wireless headphones, streaming music and audiobooks available on a device held in your hand, the

At the exact moment that Abraham is about to bring down the knife into his son Isaac to offer him as a sacrifice, God intervenes. Why? Because God tells him in Genesis 22:12, “Now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” At this statement,

For most of my life, the conversation around Abraham sacrificing Isaac was almost purely about Abraham. After all, it was Abraham that was being put to the test.  It was him that God asked to make the trek up the mountain. It was Abraham who would have to actually drive the knife into his son.

I have three kids. Two boys and one girl. I love each of them equally (no matter what they tell you). As any parent would tell you, I love them all differently, and yet equally at the same time. I’m still not sure what that means, but I know it’s true. That’s why it’s shocking

Brace yourselves, because the next five days’ worth of devotionals are all going to be about Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. That’s not by accident. I’ve been waiting all Genesis to get to this story, because it’s literally my favorite story in the entire book. There are so many layers. Abraham’s trust in God.

It’s nearly impossible to define God. I think it’s designed to be, though; after all, who can put the Almighty Creator of the Universe in a box? It’s why Moses was simply told to tell Pharoah that “I AM” has sent him. God can’t be contained by a single name. It makes sense then, that

Way back in Genesis 12, Abraham received a few promises from God.  First, that Abraham’s descendants would inherit the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:1). Second, his family would be a great nation (Genesis 12:2). Third, through him, all nations of the earth would be blessed (Genesis 12:3). How God fulfilled those promises is a story