My wife and I are going through the Bible together, starting at the beginning.  As we’re doing this, I thought it would be interesting to post any questions or reflections here.  I started doing this a while back, but here I’ll be including both mine and my wife’s reflections. 
We don’t hold back: if we find [...]

“The Lord your God gave me success.”  Jacob is lying to Isaac, his father,     and he brings God into it?  He’s already lied to   his father about being Esau, he’s put goatskins on him to make up for his wonderfully exfoliated, smooth skin (from being a mama’s boy, right?), and now [...]

1. lot made the wisest choice he thought possible; ended up living in sodom. abram went where lot chose not to go, and god gave him all – abram made the first (and humble) move, and graciously gave lot first pickin’s. a lot can happen when you do the simple, gracious, giving thing.
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