Innocence Revisited – Rewind

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith.  Galatians 3:24  NASB 1995 Our tutor – It seems that the world of human relationships often strives to regain the feeling of innocence lost long ago in the mistaken choices of growing up.  Since so few of us really…

The Death of Innocence

“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”Genesis 2:17  NASB You shall surely die– Adam and the woman eat from the Tree.  They break the commandment.  So, of course, they die, right?  They die in the…

Innocence Revisited

Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24 NASB Our tutor – It seems that the world of human relationships often strives to regain the feeling of innocence lost long ago in the mistaken choices of growing up. Since so few of us really have…

It Happened to Me

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: Exodus 1:1 NASB Names – The Bible is not a timeless guidebook. It is a story of the history of men and God. It is a recollection of what happened, not a…

The Second Marriage

but Rachel was beautiful and well favored Genesis 29:17  NASB Rachel – We know God doesn’t always choose the first.  Jacob, not Esau.  Abel, not Cain.  Joseph.  David.  God’s choosing often crosses the boundaries of human protocol and expectation.  We hold up these men as examples of God’s selection.  But maybe we should hold up…