Moses asked the Lord for something big for himself. “Show me Your Glory” (Exodus 33:18). It was an impossible ask. For God to do such a thing would have meant death for Moses. The Lord told him this. Moses had spent 40 days with God on Mount Sinai receiving the...
“But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8). As far as human beings are concerned, this may be the most significant sentence in all of the Scriptures. The corruption of the race formed and made alive in the image of God had become deep and wide....
As we open to Page 1 of our Bibles, we carry with us expectations. One of those expectations may be that this Book will prove that God is who He says He is; that the words that we read will give evidence of His existence. God tells the story of...
“Come up and see, and I will show you things to come.” Jesus extended this invitation to John the Apostle in Revelation 4. At once, he went in the Spirit through the open door and into the place of majesty. The scene before John reflected the sovereignty of the Almighty....
The Voice of the Lord is the important element in Bible stories. We discover this very early in our reading of the Word. See Genesis 1:3 “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” After falling into sin, Adam and Eve heard the Voice walking in the...
The Beginning. It matters. It matters a lot. Our origins are important. We have to talk about how things started. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Genesis was a message to the people of Israel communicated through Moses. It was book of stories that showed us...
Light came and this Light shines on and on. Light remains unfathomable for it possesses a character and essence that defies human definition. Light falls upon us in a couple of ways. Light flows down in waves; Light burns through with force in concentration. Light, therefore, has substance. And this...
“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore. …” Those are lyrics from an old Dean Martin song. And when the moon hits my eye, I have to say I do get a bit giddy. I revel in the feeling that comes to me at...
It was a word from God. This started it all. “Light. “ This was the word, and it was said in a season when the earth was without form. It was a time when things were void, empty, and cloaked in darkness. The word chased away the shadows. God set...
