“But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt, until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt. This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon…
1 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into…
Matt. 1:2 ¶ Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Matt. 1:3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, Matt. 1:6 and Jesse the father of…
Here is my sermon on the end of Judges. I had to fly because of the way I sat 1 Corinthians too close to Advent, but you can really only handle so many weeks of failures and bloodbaths of Judges. Sermon audio is below followed by my sermon notes. Judges Part 3 Judges 10:6–16 [6]…
No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were…
This doodle shows the cycle of wealth that happens over and over in Bible.
It says there was no room at the inn. If they went to Joseph’s hometown to be counted in the census, then he’d be there with his extended family, Unless there were none left (orphaned?) Or none would accept him into their house (pregnant betrothed? adulterer?) In ancient times the status of a people or…
