The Purging of an Old Woman’s Faith
While Abraham’s faith was strong that God would indeed provide an heir, God still had work to do in Sarah’s heart. God sent three…
Roller Coaster Faith
God had already kept many of His promises to Abraham: he was now wealthy, his name was at last respected, and his family had been…
Lies and More Lies
While in Egypt, Abraham continued his downward spiral. As is so often the case with us, Abraham compounded his problems, getting deeper and…
Descent into Egypt
In Canaan, God revealed more of His plan for the Patriarch’s family. Upon Abraham’s arrival in the city of Shechem, God told him, “To your…
Learning Through Disobedience
Abraham, the Bible tells us, spent much of his life traveling. After he was called by God to leave his native land, Abraham simply moved…
Abraham and Sarah
Because of a devastating fire that had swept through the area, our first visit to Yellowstone National Park was tarnished by the image…
When You Cannot see His Hand
The writer of Hebrews quotes the prophet of Habakkuk to remind us that faith is believing God even when we can neither see nor understand Him…
God Keeps His Promises
Believing God exists and is in control of all things is not enough. Believing God is in control sometimes results in deeper pain unless we also believe that…
What Faith is Not
Living in a broken world guarantees everyone will experience difficulty on some level. Some suffering may be due to faithlessness and disobedience, but much of it…
Sola Bootstrappa Striving
In our own personal search for answers, we soon learned many of the Christian world's recipes for living and cliches dealing with pain were nothing more than…
Scorch Marks
Though an active, committed Christian since her teens, Margie, a young woman who we love as though she were our own daughter, had just begun…
A Family Album
Hebrews 11 is often called the Hall of Faith. As Chuck and I unpacked the lives of these great men and women we wondered if a better chapter title would be…
Living Boldly in View of God’s Promises
Is God really sovereign? Can I trust Him now even in this?” The steady virulent progress of a malignant brain tumor gave real urgency to these questions…