“Is my father still alive?” “Am I in the place of God?” These are two questions that were posed by Joseph at the climax of his story. The record of what happened to him and how it all ended up for good is told at the close of Genesis. This...

Faith exists the truly held, felt, smelled, and shelled nugget of gold — the one of my hopes and dreams — but comes by hearing, and the spiritual sense of hearing can only come by the Word of God.. Yes, God’s Word, God Himself, and our participation in that Nature,...

Psalm 46 declares to us that God is our “very present help in trouble.” I have been thinking much about just how present He is. He is “very present,” present beyond our comprehension. He is above, beneath, to the left, and to the right. Everywhere present, God is. Circumstances being...

The story of Joseph in Genesis turned on dreams. And, as a result, so did the history of Israel and all of human history for that matter. First, Joseph dreamed of his brothers bowing to him and then of his brothers and parents together bowing to him. He was 17...