Ordinary People Seen By God – Genesis 16

1. Why do you think God never says not to commit polygamy in the OT? He made plenty of laws about other things and therefore what about polygamy today?
You are right that nowhere in the Bible is polygamy explicitly prohibited. Conversely the Bible routinely holds up monogamy as the ideal. From Genesis 2:24 onwards the [...]

What Keeps You Going? – Genesis 15

There are certain passages and stories in the Bible that I am really glad are there.  This is one of them.  I particularly appreciate:
1)      That the Holy Spirit includes this passage about Abram’s doubt.  Sometimes we have the tendency to put our spiritual heroes on pedestals and gloss over their failures, or what we perceive [...]

Whom Do You Serve?

There is a lot to be learned from Abram’s life.  On Sunday, we looked at his faith response, which was to take action, strategize and fight a battle in order to rescue Lot, his family and all his possessions.
There is another interesting aspect to Abram’s life in this chapter that we didn’t have time to [...]

Discipleship and our Children

I feel a sense of angst when speaking about the family, and particularly our children. Yesterday was not an exception. I hurt deeply for those parents whose children are not walking in faith. Many of them I have prayed and cried with. The pain is very deep, and never seems to go away.
At the same [...]

Discipleship and Our Sexuality

Can a person accept and embrace their homosexuality and still be a disciple of Christ?
This depends on what you mean by accept and embrace. If you mean that the person has accepted and embraced the fact that he or she may always be attracted to the same gender but is fighting with all of [...]

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