June 3. Exodus 15:1-21 Imagine being part of a huge crowd of people. You’ve just all run away from a despotic government and are headed to freedom somewhere, anywhere else but from where you just came. And then that tyrannical government sends its soldiers after all of you. You see them coming, but in front of you is an impassable sea. You have children with you. Infants. Animals. All your worldly goods. You are sunk. However, if you are an Israelite and this is the time of Moses, you are not sunk at all. Instead, God parts a huge expanse of water and ushers tens of thousands of you across on dry land while the water Stands. Straight. Up. And guess who gets the sinking […] Read more »

June 2. Genesis 18:16-33 Are you surprised I chose this early prayer from the Bible? I chose it because of the rhythm to the questions and answers and because it reveals so much about the God we serve! Let’s talk about how Abraham prayed, first. Then, we’ll look at what we learn about God from this passage. Abraham prayed what he thought. In this case, the LORD was with him. Perhaps appearing as Jesus? Not sure, but Abraham could see and talk with Him. So, it’s a little different communicating with God (which we call prayer) when God is physically before you, but it’s still fun to see that Abraham spoke with reverence and honesty. So should we. Abraham acknowledged God’s supremacy and His authority, […] Read more »

June 1. Genesis 1. Well, we surely did start at the very beginning, didn’t we? This account of beginnings is key to how we view ourselves and our world and our Creator God. It’s poetic in its rhythms of “evening and morning” and in its descriptions of a formless void transformed into a vivid planet teeming with life. But let’s talk most about what this teaches us about God. God is unlike anything or anyone else in all creation. We all had a beginning. The world and the universe also had a start. God did not. God … IS. He is the uncreated, ever existing One from Whom everything else came. Those first four words of the Bible are so important: “In the beginning God […] Read more »