The Abrahamic Covenant

Life After the Sunrise

Or, Saved That We Might Serve Him

Luke 1:67-80

Far as the Curse Is Found

Or, A Covenant to Bless the Nations

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Corporate Confession (Pt 2)

Or, When Fasting Follows Feasting

Nehemiah 9:6-37

A Big Ask

Or, Steadfast Love That Spurs Risk

Nehemiah 1:1-11

A Welcome Hope

Or, Let All the Peoples Praise Him

Romans 15:7-13

Eight Covenants (Pt 2)

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Eight Covenants (Pt 1)

Selected Scriptures

Root and Branches (Pt 1)

Or, Conditional Arguments Against Gentile Arrogance

Romans 11:16-24

Covenant Confidence

Or, Paul’s Belief in God’s Sovereign Election

Romans 9:6-13

Covenant Questions

Or, Paul’s Burden for His Jewish Brothers

Romans 9:1-5

Believing Against Hope

Or, Wavering Isn’t Worship

Romans 4:18-25

Heirs of Faith

Or, The God Who Brings His Promise to Life

Romans 4:13-17

Father Abraham

Or, The Footsteps of Faith

Romans 4:9-12

Blessed Credit

Or, Two Sides of the Same Count

Romans 4:1-8

The Sign of Sanctimony

Or, What Really Counts to God

Romans 2:24-29

Waiting for Christmas

Or, Some Anticipation Required

Matthew 1:1-17

No Longer a Slave

Or, Brothers from Another Mother

Galatians 4:1-31

Contradictory Schemes

Or, Why the Blessing of Justification Never Comes by Works of the Law

Galatians 3:1-29

Riches for the World

Or, What is a Dispensationalist? (Part 3)

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Meant for Good

Or, Joseph’s Place in God’s Plan for Israel

Genesis 50:1-26

In Days to Come

Or, Jacob’s Prophetic Blessings on His Twelve Tribes

Genesis 49:1-33

A Byword of Blessing

Or, Jacob Gave Joseph Far More Than He Could See

Genesis 48:1-22

You Have Saved Our Lives

Or, How Joseph Brought Blessing to All the Land of Egypt

Genesis 47:1-31

Making a Great Nation

Or, The Start of Israel’s Sojourn in Egypt

Genesis 46:1-34

God Sent Me Before You

Or, Joseph Reveals Himself to His Brothers

Genesis 45:1-28

When True Repentance Takes Place

Or, Joseph’s Final Test of His Brothers

Genesis 44:1-34

Coming to Terms

Or, Joseph’s Brothers Are at His Mercy

Genesis 43:1-34

There Comes a Reckoning

Or, When Joseph’s Brothers Could Ignore Their Sin No More

Genesis 42:1-38

Fixed by God (Pt 2)

Or, Joseph’s Rise from Prisoner to Prime Minister

Genesis 41:37-57

Fixed by God (Pt 1)

Or, Joseph’s Rise from Prisoner to Prime Minister

Genesis 41:1-36

A Matter of Interpretation

Or, A Place Where Dreams Come True

Genesis 40:1-23

Unlikely Success

Or, Joseph’s Favor in the Sight of His Lord

Genesis 39:1-23

Interrelated Interruptions

Or, How Tamar Got Judah’s Goat After All

Genesis 38:1-30

Evil Intentions

Or, Hate Is Thicker Than Blood

Genesis 37:2-36

A Land Away

Or, Your Father Was an Edomite

Genesis 36:1-37:1

Ups and Downs

Or, Jacob’s Return to the God of Bethel

Genesis 35:1-29

Finding Favor

Or, Jacob and Esau’s Short Reunion

Genesis 33:1-20

Facing His Fear

Or, Jacob Wrestles with God

Genesis 32:1-32

Stealing Away (Pt 2)

Or, When the Putter-On Acts Put Upon

Genesis 31:36-55

Stealing Away (Pt 1)

Or, When the Putter-On Acts Put Upon

Genesis 31:1-35

Spotting Grace

Or, Provision for Jacob’s Household

Genesis 30:25-43

Fruit of the Wombs

Or, A Race of Envy

Genesis 29:31-30:24

More Than He Bargained For

And, More Courtship Cliches

Genesis 29:1-30

Jacob's Special Place

Or, God’s Presence and Promise in Exile

Genesis 28:10-22

Mixed Intentions (Pt 2)

Or, Four Deceiving Angles on Divine Blessing

Genesis 27:30-28:9

Mixed Intentions (Pt 1)

Or, Four Deceiving Angles on Divine Blessing

Genesis 27:1-29

Blessings in Context

Or, How Grace Enables Our Dependence Rather Than Removes Our Need for It

Genesis 26:1-35

Defining Choices

Or, Divine Election, Parental Favoritism, Sibling Rivalry, and Personal Sin

Genesis 25:19-34

Generations to Come

Or, Closing the Book on Abraham

Genesis 25:1-18

A Promising Match (Pt 2)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:29-67

A Promising Match (Pt 1)

Or, The Thing Has Come from the Lord

Genesis 24:1-28

Grounds of Possession

Or, A Place to Bury His Own

Genesis 23:1-20

God Will Provide

Or, A Test of Faith That Is No Laughing Matter

Genesis 22:1-24

A Time to Laugh

Or, Conflicts of Interest When Things Were Going Well

Genesis 21:1-34

Double Jeopardy

Or, How God Providentially Protected a Prophet from a King and a King by a Prophet

Genesis 20:1-18

Divine Impossibilities

Or, The Unquestionable Power and Justice of the Lord

Genesis 18:1-33

Children of Promise

Or, The Sign and Son of the Covenant

Genesis 17:9-27

An Everlasting Covenant

Or, Guarantees from God Almighty

Genesis 17:1-8

A God of Seeing (Pt 2)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:7-16

A God of Seeing (Pt 1)

Or, Faith versus the Culturally Reasonable

Genesis 16:1-6

Belief Is Justified

Or, Faith in the Sovereign Future-Maker

Genesis 15:1-21

Hail the Conquering Hero

Or, Battle Done Is Only Half Begun

Genesis 14:17-24

That's a Rout

Or, When Kings Can’t Hold Their Own

Genesis 14:1-16

Lift Up Your Eyes

Or, What You Get by Not Being Grabby

Genesis 13:1-18

A Famine of Faith

Or, Unbelief Only Makes a Tough Situation Tougher

Genesis 12:10-20

Blessing by Abram

Or, A Focus Toward Fulfillment

Genesis 12:1-9

Choosing a Father

Or, The Change from Primeval to Patriarchal History

Genesis 11:10-32

National Headwaters (Pt 2)

Or, Streams of Civilization after the Flood

Genesis 10:21-32

Overarching Grace

Or, God's Unconditionally Common Covenant

Genesis 9:8-17

Root or Wild Olive Branch

Or, If you're not a Jew, you should thank God for them.

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