Hosea is a book full of rebellion, redemption, destruction, and healing. Throughout the entire fourteen chapters we see parallels from Hosea’s marriage to the adulterer Gomer to the relationship between God and His chosen people. At the very beginning, we see God do something very strange. Instead of simply commanding Hosea to deliver a message […]
Genesis 1-3: The Story of Man
Last week we unpacked the beautiful story of the creation of the world, but I saved the creation of man for this week. This story is also beautiful, but it carries with it great sorrow and pain as well, so hold tight. To begin, we look at day six of creation. God spent five days […]
Genesis 1: In the Beginning
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 It is a simple, straightforward statement, yet it lays the foundation for an epic story wrought with beauty and tradgedy, filled with love and fear, and riddled with life and death. The very first words in the beginning of the Bible mark […]
The Safest Place to Be
In the world today, every company advertises the safety of their product; the safest car, car seat, insurance, bank, anything. This generation has been raised in a “safe” world, no immense dangers threaten the children born into the American life. We are comfortable. Have we forgotten, then, that God is in charge over all things, […]
The Story of The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel was erected by Noah’s children and ancestors. God said to spread out among the world, but they disobeyed the Lord. Everyone stayed together and decided to build a tower to Heaven. While they were building the tower, God said,”Come, let us confuse their languages so they can’t understand each other” […]
The Story of King David
King David is one of the writers of Psalms,a part of the Bible focused on praising God for his glory and magnificence.Psalms recognizes how wonderful the works of God are,and just how amazing and perfectly he created the world.In Psalm 108:7-9 declares how through God he hs won everything,in these passages he talks about how,through […]
The Story of David and Goliath
The Jews were being threatened by Goliath and his army.Goliath came every day and challenged any man that would stand up to him.One day David (a sheep herder) heard about Goliath and said,”Who is this person who thinks he can stand up to my God?” David went to the stream an gathered 5 stones for […]
The Story of Samson
Samson had great strength,but also many enemies.The Philistines wanted to find out Samson’s weakness,so they offered his wife Delilah a lot of money to find his weakness.When Samson finally gave in,Delilah told the Philistines his weakness,he never cut his hair.If it was cut,he would lose his strength.So,the Philistines captured Samson and cut his hair. When […]