The journey begins… or continues. After arriving in Haran and the death of his father Terah, Abram and the rest move on to the land of Canaan where the Lord meets with him under the terebinth tree of Mombre. Then between Bethel and Ai Abram calls on the name of the Lord, a giant step…
Category: Old Testament
Genesis 9:18 – 11
Things settle down for Noah after the flood and he plants a vineyard and has a little too much to drink. Ham finds him and brags about it to his brothers. Honor, respect and love reflects the mercy of God. Ham’s disrespectful action is reflected through his son Canaan and the future Canaanites. We also…
Genesis 8 – 9:17
The ark finally lands on the mountains of Ararat, but it would still be a while before Noah and his family and the animals all exit. They must have felt forgotten by God, yet Noah patiently waited on the Lord and when it was time they exited and began their new lives in a new…
Genesis 6 – 7
Demonic activity that landed fallen angels in prison until judgment day and led mankind further and further from God caused God to regret the creation of man. And yet He found one man, Noah, that walked in the grace of God. It’s the story of the ark and the flood and how we are responsible…
Genesis 3 – 5
Satan in the form of a serpent enters the scene and turns everything upside down! The woman was deceived (yet chose to believe the deception rather than God) and the man was not deceived, but willingly disobeyed the Lord. Yet even though their relationship with God was affected, men began to call upon the name…
Genesis 1 – 2
We begin the new year in the beginning! Pastor Carl takes us through the first two chapters of Genesis… a time of blessing and life and fruitfulness and fulfillment. Plus he shares an easy way to memorize what was created on which day in that first week.
Job 32 – 37
Young and mysterious Elihu shows up and after patiently waiting shares the glories and majesty of God. He also says Job is being disciplined by God for some sin he has committed, so joining the ranks of his older and “wiser” predecessors.
Job 25-31
In addition to declaring his integrity, Job reflects on some awesome wonders of the Lord including how the Earth hangs on nothing!
Ezra 9 – 10
The book of Ezra ends with Ezra arriving to a situation requiring substantial discipline on the people of Judah. Once again Israel has followed after the gods of the surrounding people groups and became “unequally yoked with unbelievers” they intermarried and had children… all causing the people to drift away from their fellowship with the…
Job 22-24
Job’s friend Eliphaz accuses Job of doing various acts of wickedness including crushing orphans! But there is no evidence… yet Job questions why the wicked actually prosper and many times the righteous suffer.