Monthly Archives: January 2017

Later Simon and the others went out to find him. They said, “Everyone is asking for you.” (Mark 1:36 NLT) Jesus is becoming a star.  His disciples find him spending time with his Father and tell him that everybody is clamoring for him.  His response; The Lord packs his bags and moves to a different […]

Donald J. Trump  When Joseph saw his father placing his right hand on Ephraim’s head he was displeased; so he took hold of his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. (Genesis 48:17 NIV) Joseph thought his father, Jacob, was making a mistake in blessing Ephraim, the younger son, first, before […]

But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the young woman remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.” (Genesis 24:55 NIV) This reply came when Abraham’s servant, who had traveled to his master’s homeland to find a wife for his son, Isaac.  The question at hand was not if Rebekah should […]

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there.  (Genesis 11:31 NIV) Abram, who would become Abraham, the father of […]

Mary, the mother of Jesus And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. (Matthew 1:19 NASB) Our reputation, in many cases, can be a result of our wrong choices, but not always.  In other instances, like Mary the mother of our Lord, her […]

Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh (Jude 22-23 NIV) In the Book of Jude, we are given instruction on dealing with people who are straying from the truth.  We are to show mercy to […]