Liar! | Bible Class on Abraham’s Deceit (Genesis 12:10-20) This narrative shows us that even the strongest among us struggle and fall. Abraham here lies. Moses was a murderer. David was an adulterer and murder. Paul was a persecutor of Christians. Yet, Abram continued his struggle to be who God needed him to be. Eventually […]

Pharaoh’s Heart | Bible Class on God’s Hardening Pharaoh’s Heart The Exodus is a vital piece of biblical history. The Exodus was the fulfillment of a divine promise. God to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them […]

Impurity | Bible Class on the Works of the Flesh and the Fruit of the Spirit “The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, […]

Run Away | Bible Class on Joseph’s Fleeing from Potiphar’s Wife (Genesis 39:1-12) This is an episode that we all know very well. Therefore, I believe it’s imperative that we carefully pause and read the text quite carefully. When we take our time with familiar texts, we often discover nuggets we haven’t noticed before. That, […]

Das Himmelreich ist gleich einem Hausvater, der am Morgen ausging, Arbeiter zu mieten in seinen Weinberg. 2 Und da er mit den Arbeitern eins ward um einen Groschen zum Tagelohn, sandte er sie in seinen Weinberg. 3 Und ging aus um die dritte Stunde und sah andere an dem Markte müßig stehen 4 und sprach […]