Isaac was the favored and long promised son of Abraham and his wife, Sarah. The name Isaac means laughter. “Isaac is one of the few cases in the Bible in which God selected a name for a child and announced it before he was born.” {All the Men of the Bible} He marries Rebekah, but like his parents they wait […]
The Israelites have done evil in God’s eyes and been enslaved to the Midianites for seven years. Crying out in despair the Lord hears their cries. {Judges 6:1-2} He chooses Gideon and tells him to go and save Israel. {Judges 6:6-18} When Gideon questions this, the Lord reassures him with the following promises: “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” {Judges 6:12} “Go […]
Harry Dixon Loes, was a popular music teacher at the Moody Bible Institute for almost three decades in the early 20th Century.One day he was listening to a sermon on Christ’s atonement, titled “Blessed Redeemer”. Mr. Loes was inspired by the sermon to compose a tune.He then sent the melody and title to his friend, Avis Christiansen, and asked her […]
Abraham was ten generations from Noah, through the line of Shem. We meet Abraham when he is Abram. The name Abram means exalted father and Abraham the father of many. He is 75 and living in Harran, the land of Ur with his father, Terah, and brothers, Nahor and Haran. God tells Abram ““I will make you into a great […]
Lot and Noah have a lot in common, in the fact they lived among evil people. When the Lord told Abraham he was going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham begged him to spare the city if even ten righteous men could be found. {Genesis 18:16-33} Lot went out to meet the angels and even then the […]