I’m substitute teaching Genesis 15 this Sunday at my home church. When I study to teach I use quite a few sources and never know which ones God will use to get through my busy head and slow heart.
This week a sermon by John Piper, a commentary by Walter Brueggemann and a bible study by… 
Posts Tagged ‘genesis’
God Most High
Satisfaction
GENESIS 2:2-3 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Omnipotent, all-powerful, eternal-well-of-strength God…
Towerless Power
There are several theories of atonement. What I mean is there are many ways of explaining what it is Jesus accomplished exactly when he died and rose from the grave. Now, for most of my life I’ve only heard one of those: Jesus paid the price for my sins that I could not pay –…
Raising A Prosperity Preacher
Gabriella (six) and I are talking through the bible – the major stories – on Tuesday mornings. This morning we were in Genesis 3, what the heading in her bible calls THE FALL. After we read it together and I explained in six year-old-ese what was going on in the story, she had only one…
Lobby Lady
“I just want you to know one thing,” she said. “God elevates some to great positions so that He may use them to humble the wicked.”
“Ok.” I said, confused about what this had to do with the eight blessings I’d just spoken about. She used the word “wicked,” a King James word, so I suspected…
Desire
After Man’s aspirations to trump God’s I.Q. tripped him into mortality, God mercifully spared him and Woman but left them forever changed. Cursed. Man’s work became a tiresome burden and Woman writhed with agony as she pushed life from her body. Those were their yokes to bear alone. But they shared a curse as well;…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
