Exodus 26-28 – As Unto The Lord
God is very particular about how you deal with Him in the Old Testament. In the New Testament Jesus even teaches …
Exodus 23-25 – God Cares about Beauty
Besides laws, God gives fairly detailed designs for the sanctuary, ark, table of showbread and the lamps. Particularly He gives details for …
Exodus 20-22 – 10 Commandments
Chapter 20 starts a section of rules/laws with the Ten Commandments. The rules that come after have the feeling of “fairness” – …
Exodus 16:22-ch19 – Pay Attention
So the people have food to eat (manna) but then grumble about not having something to drink. God provides, via Moses, water …
Exodus 14-16:21 – Dry Land
Pharaoh pursues the people, God’s plan seems as aimless wandering – that’s how it looks to us a lot too. But (v13) …
Exodus 11-12 Signs are for Us
God starts a lot of things in these chapters: New Year, Passover (lamb and feast), Unleavened Bread, blood on the doorposts and …
Exodus 9-11 – God Will Get Your Attention
The fifth plague is disease on livestock. Pharaoh is warned and gives no response. Next is boils and he basically isn’t even …
Exodus 7-8 – Nasty Days in Egypt
God sends Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh to show signs that they are from God. Pharaoh has his magicians/sorcerers do the same …
Exodus 4-6 – God Will
God tells Moses to go speak to Pharaoh, but he’s scared and reluctant. He sends Aaron to speak for him. Pharaoh doesn’t …
Exodus 1-3 – Pharaoh is Crazy
“A new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph” – it wasn’t passed down how the Egyptians were blessed b/c …
Chapter Topics: Genesis
Here’s a quick topical list of the chapters of Genesis built during my posts starting with this: Genesis 1-3 and including all of these …
Genesis 49-50 – God’s Plan Over Man’s
Chapter 49 is Jacob blessing his sons… Reuben: uncontrolled, v35:22 took his father’s concubine Simeon and …
Genesis 47-48 – Not Home Yet
Jacob moves to Egypt and continues the life God has blessed him with: takes sheep (sacrifice), etc. Even despite the ridiculous blessing/provision …
Genesis 44-46 – Don’t Fight
Joseph’s brothers go back to Egypt and get more grain. Joseph has a cup put in Benjamin’s bag and they are caught …
Genesis 41:38-43 – Dreams Do Come True
At age 30, Joseph is now in charge of Egypt and has two kids: Mannaseh and Ephraim. He stores up grain during …
Genesis 38:20-41:37 – Rags to Riches
Chapter 38 tells the rest of Judah’s story. He visits a harlot who turns out to be his daughter-in-law, Tamar. She gets …
Genesis 36-38:19 – Chalk and Cheese
Chapter 36 shows the descendants of Esau which is a lot of chiefs and kings – worldly success. Chapter 37, in contrast, …
Genesis 33-35 – Circumcision for Dollars
Chapter 33 has Jacob reconciling w/ Esau. Esau heads back to Seir to wait for Jacob who heads to Succoth and builds …
Genesis 32-32 – Jacob Sneaks and Stands
Jacob knows Laban is “not friendly” toward him, but it’s God that tells him to leave. I like how Jacob explains and …
Genesis 28:10-ch30 – Jacob Gets Jacobed
Jacob heads out and is sleeping on a rock when God continues the Abrahamic Covt w/ him. He then meets Rachel …
Genesis 26-28:9 – Don’t Play Favorites
Isaac starts w/ the same promises from God of land, see and blessing, but then also starts with the same sin …
Genesis 24:15-ch25 – Brotherly Hate
Genesis 24:15-ch25 – Rebekah, Isaac Weds, Ab Dies, Jacob/Esau Birthright The servant patiently waits while Rebekah serves – showing that not only …
Genesis 21-24:14 – Go Where the Women Are
Genesis 21-24:14 – Isaac Born, Offered, Sarah Dies, Rebekah Issac is born and there’s issues btwn Sarah and Hagar. Instead of working …
Genesis 18:10-ch20 – God Does Save, Lot’s Drunk in a Cave
Genesis 18:10-ch20 – Sodom/Gomorrah, Ab/Abimelech God tells Ab He’s going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. Ab, scared for Lot, asks if He’ll …
Genesis 14:17-18:9 – He Laughs, Just Wait
Genesis 14:17-18:9 – Melchizedek, Hagar/Ishmael, Circumcision Abram delivers Lot (and the kingdoms) and honors God before Melchizedek by tithing. Later we’ll see …
Genesis 11-14:16 – Back to the Beginning
Genesis 11-14:16 – Babel, Egypt, Delivers Lot When humans get together, there’s no (evil) thing they can’t do. God had to break …
Genesis 7:12-10 – Rainbow = No Earthwide Flood Again
Genesis 7:12-10 – Flood, Noahic Covt So God creates, gives and sets the one rule… that we break. Then all goes south pretty …
Genesis 4-7:11 – God Provides a Way Out
Genesis 4-7:11 – Cain/Abel, Desc of Adam, Flood Man’s way is to follow himself (Cain’s offering), declare their own justice (Lamech’s claim …
Genesis 1-3: Creation, Man, Sin
Genesis 1-3: Creation, Man, Sin – it’s about that fast A couple things stood out to me in this reading… V1:1 – …
Kicking Things Off
As my wife says, I always have to have a project going on. You can see a bit about my past ‘projects’ …