The usual breakdown of Genesis 3 tells the story of the fall, curse, and banishment of Adam and Eve. It’s even the butt of a few jokes about blame games. Yet, what if that wasn’t the intended attitude we should have as post-resurrection readers? As I started studying this chapter for a Bible Study group,
The past few days I was involved with a nationwide three-day fast for an organization calling a million women to D.C. to pray over our nation this coming October. Honest confession, I broke it the third day for supper (It was my first fast past 8 hours). I had become fragile and was missing the
This weekend I was faced with a passage in John 6 that demanded an answer. So often, we get caught up in our daily lives and wonder what He’s doing through us. We listen to the lies of the enemy and don’t duck when his fiery arrows come at our minds. We wonder what our purpose is and what we are doing for the
A man and his wife are told to travel to a land they have never seen – told to leave their family and everything they knew, all for a promise. The husband and wife have some servants, and God tells them they’ll have a son. Years go by, and the wife gets scared and impatient.
Are you made of stone or clay? I have always been fascinated with the first miracle. Many have downplayed the miraculous transformation of water to wine and have called it grape juice. Their justification is the simple statement, “Why would Jesus make wine when it has intoxicating abilities?” Except this does an injustice to Christ.