By Sam E. Stone For the past two months we have studied God’s covenant relationship with Abraham and his descendants. We have seen the Lord’s protection surrounding Joseph and his family as well. God’s chosen people ended up in Egypt after Jacob and his entire family moved there to escape a famine in Canaan. Time […]
The Lesson and Life: January 15, 2012
By Matt Thompson Proverbs 19:21 states, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the lord’s purpose that prevails.” How often do we respond impulsively to life’s events? We spend, eat, and relate impulsively. When life hits us, we often strike back quickly and without thought. We look at the wake […]
Where You Live: January 15, 2012
By Dan Lentz 1. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being “content in every circumstance” and 1 being “on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” where are you these days in your: • finances? • vocation? • well-being? Read Exodus 15:1-5, 19-26. 2. In what ways can you relate […]
The macro God in our micro world
By David Faust Psalms 19-22 According to Samford University preaching professor Dr. Robert Smith, “we have lost our sense of the mystery of God”—what he calls “the trembling adoration.” Our mistake? We “try to demystify the mystery, unscrew the inscrutable, and figure out the un-figure-out-able.” Psalm 19 invites us to ponder the mystery […]
The Lesson and Life for January 15, 2012
By Matt Thompson The story of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt is so familiar to many of us we may be tempted to skim over the words written in chapter 15. God received glory as words of praise from his people filled the air. They sang about his faithfulness, his deliverance, and how he is […]
