She named him Moses, “Because,” she said, “I drew him out of the water.”  Ex 2.10b   I wonder, for no real reason at all, what Moses’...

So, this young princess grabs her loofah (although I do suppose she had one of her damsels collect the gear), and heads down to the river...

Exodus   Moses tell  us that the more the Hebrews got squashed by Pharoah and the Egyptians, the more they stood up tall.   But the more...

[Jesus] canceled the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. Col 2.14a Whoosh, and the entire list of my bads and...

This morning in Colossians   God… having forgiven us all our trespasses Col 2.13c   Hmmm, that sound vaguely familiar. Like I heard it...

When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”  Gen 42.1   I ask When...

When he ran into the likes of Joseph, Pharoah was duly impressed. He expressed his awe to his team:   And Pharaoh said unto his servants,...

Going back to the second generation: Rebecca was not able to get pregnant.   Rebecca was barren Gen 25.21b   Yet Isaac had a better idea...

And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.  Gen 37.1   Every MK I know can identify with this...

Jumping down two generations from yesterday:   Rachel was barren. Gen 29.31   When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied...

The family, in general, had a history of being unable to get pregnant. Something genetical? I don’t think so. It was a God thing....

Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt… and the Lord was with Joseph, he was a successful man.   This morning, what comes to mind is...

Abraham was a real altar builder. Sometimes, it was the first thing he would do, upon arrival at a new place. (Unlike us, the first thing...

We know that Jacob was a bit of a shyster, his very name reveals him to be a “supplanter.” Yet we see a different side of him after...

Powerful   the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.  Col 2.12c   God was powerful in raising Jesus from the dead.    ...

Dead and buried.   having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working...

A circumcision made without hands Col 2.11b   Oh good, there is no sharp knife involved.   by putting off the body of the flesh, by the...

In him also you were circumcised Col 2.11a   OK, no one promised it would be fun.

[Jesus] is the head of all rule and authority. Col 2.9b We do not doubt this. And let us not doubt the fact that He means business when...

One could write a whole dissertation on Col 2.9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.   How’s that work? The whole...