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Forest and the Trees We are now about halfway through Genesis as we read through the Bible together. This is a good time to step back from the individual stories in order to gain a better picture of the larger story. 1) The Bible contains a unified message. Each night at bedtime I read my […]
Genesis 26:17-27:46 Matthew 9:1-17 Psalm 10:16-18 Proverbs 3:9-10 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1cUy977 Pastor Commentary: Jesus does the visible so that we know He is capable of the invisible. God moves in the natural realm so that we know beyond the shadow of a doubt that He moves supernaturally. In Matt 9:4, Jesus […]
Genesis 24:52-26:16 Matthew 8:18-34 Psalm 10:1-15 Proverbs 3:7-8 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1dCfm1s Pastor Commentary: The Lord does not always operate on your schedule. In fact, that very statement should expose the silliness of expecting the God of the Universe to ever conform to your timing. Gen 25:21 says that “Isaac pleaded with […]
The following is an adaptation of the sermon ‘Character Development’ preached by Pastor Mike White on Sunday, 1/5/2014, at CityLight Church. To listen to the full podcast please click here: http://bit.ly/JGh36j Character. This is a word of immense meaning. We are defined by our character. Good character can be an attribute that leads others […]
Genesis 23:1-24:51 Matthew 8:1-17 Psalm 9:13-20 Proverbs 3:1-6 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1hB714Z Pastor Commentary: “And the man, wondering at her, remained silent so as to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not” (Gen 24:21). You’ve probably heard the old maxim, “Silence is deadly.” That may have some […]
Genesis 20:1-22:24 Matthew 7:15-29 Psalm 9:1-12 Proverbs 2:16-22 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1aarDt8 Pastor Commentary: In Gen 22, God asks Abraham to do something inconceivable: sacrifice his son. God had just blessed Abraham and Sarah with Isaac, and then He tells Abraham to take that same son to the land of Moriah and […]
Genesis 18:16-19:38 Matthew 6:25-7:14 Psalm 8:1-9 Proverbs 2:6-15 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1ifjNDU Pastor Commentary: “Do not worry about your life…” (Matt 6:25). Easier said than done, right? The more we focus on NOT doing something, the more we think about it. So how do we avoid worry? By thinking about something else, […]
Genesis 16:1-18:15 Matthew 6:1-24 Psalm 7:1-17 Proverbs 2:1-5 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1ic293C Pastor Commentary: “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matt 6:21) There is no mincing words or beating around the bush when it comes to this point: where you put your money demonstrates where you’ve put […]
Day 6: The Blood Covenant Genesis 13:5-15:21 Matthew 5:27-48 Psalm 6:1-10 Proverbs 1:29-33 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/1f76xU3 Pastor Commentary: In the time of Abraham, the most binding form of covenant that could be made between two men was a blood covenant. Both parties to the covenant would cut sacrificial animals in half, […]
Genesis 11:1-13:4 Matthew 5:1-26 Psalm 5:1-12 Proverbs 1:24-28 For full text click here: http://bit.ly/19VpNPN Pastor Commentary: Human beings are made in God’s image (Gen 1:27), and we are capable of incredible things when we act in unison. Gen 11:1 says that at the time of the Tower of Babel, we all had ‘one language […]
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