When Good Desires Become Idols
Some idols wear shiny, obvious disguises: wealth, fame, pleasure. But others slip quietly into our hearts, cloaked in goodness. A child’s…
Faith in the Waiting
Waiting on God can feel like silence, like standing still in a storm while the world rushes ahead. But in that quiet space, where nothing changes…
When Obedience Hurts
There are moments in the life of every believer when God’s will feels confusing, painful, and utterly unfair. When the path…
A Painful Surrender
There are moments when obedience to God is not only costly—it feels like a piece of your heart has been ripped away. Yet, in…
Costly Obedience – Isaac
What does it mean to trust God when His plans conflict with our desires? How do we walk in obedience when our hearts are breaking, when…
Giving Up What is Most Precious
The Greek word for “reasoned” is logisamenos and implies a calculated or computed reasoning. Abraham reasoned, but not…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Sign of God’s Promise
The story of Noah is a story of God’s grace. God sent the flood because He “saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that…
Radical Obedience, Eternal Impact
The Hebrew Christians lived in a culture similar to Noah’s, as do we. As a result, we are all under tremendous pressure to…
Quiet After the Storm
The flood didn’t come the day Noah finished the ark. After decades of preparation, there was still waiting. In fact, after…
Radical Obedience in a World Gone Mad
Noah’s name may bring to mind animals two by two and bright rainbows, but we must not let the Sunday School version of his…
Noah Built An Ark
The details of Enoch’s life are sketchy, perhaps intentionally so. He was a preacher, husband, and father, whose daily life was…
Walking with God in a World of Unbelief
Enoch’s life is a stunning interruption in a chapter filled with death. In Genesis 5, we read eight times, “and he died,” a drumbeat…
The Walk of Faith – Enoch and Noah
Last week, we heard from Abel, in keeping with the promise of God that though he is dead, Abel still speaks. Genesis 4:1–16 describes Abel’s broken…
Digging Deeper
As we wrap up this week’s devotions on Abel, let’s take a few minutes to dig a little deeper to drive home Abel’s message from the grave into our…