Genesis 22:1-19 The Bible contains many troubling stories that require us to wrestle with them. Not since I was a young child could I accept that God would ask Abraham to sacrifice his beloved son, Isaac. Sure, verses 11-12 seem to suggest that God was testing Abraham, and I could accept that as a child, [...]

I am going “cold turkey” on the reading and understanding of Deut 4:1-20. What I mean is – no commentaries or study Bibles. It’s me and the Lord for this reading and for this blog. However, after two years of seminary I have learned enough to detect the red flags in scripture. One does not [...]