The Redemption of Judah: Judah’s Role in Genesis
We often think of the latter part of Genesis as being all about Joseph. There is no doubt that the role of Joseph here is major. Yet we might also…
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Developing Servants
Paul wrote, in Galatians 5:13-15, “For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.…
Mercy Not Sacrifice
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. But when the Pharisees…
Jesus and Isaac: God is For Us
The story of Abraham sacrificing Isaac (Genesis 22), the son of the promise, has long been seen as a prefiguring of God sacrificing Jesus, His unique Son. There are similarities…
Made To Be Sin
Sometimes I am struck with the beauty of a passage while, at the same time, humbled by the fact that its fullness and depth is out of my reach. The…