The promises that God made to Abram in Genesis 12 were very big promises. When did they happen? That is a good question to ask. Like with so many Bible promises, God fulfilled them in stages. I think it is helpful to think of partial fulfilment, ultimate fulfilment in Jesus, and then the final fulfilment …
We are not told of Abram saying anything to God in response to God’s promises and command. He just did it. Such a big move at 75! Genesis outlines who came with him; it included his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. He also took all of his possessions with him. Abram was a wealthy …
Look at the end of Genesis 12:3: “In you [that is, Abram] all the families of the world shall be blessed”. That’s a big claim that needs a little further attention. Remember the context of Genesis 12; it has come just after a long list of nations and people in chapters 10 and 11. The …
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will …
Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. (Gen. 12:1 ESV) Genesis 12 starts with the LORD speaking. This is important. God speaking is how creation came to be. God’s word is always the basis for creation, or …
The logic of evangelism is really simple. Christians have the good news, the news about Jesus the King who has died in our place and risen again to pay for our sins. This is the most important news ever. It is news that we are tasked with telling others about. And, for some of these …
What do you do when you have a few minutes with nothing to do? If you’re like most of the world, your tendency is to pull out your phone and scroll. It might be news, or social media, or email, but we have mainly loss the ability to just ‘be’. We need to fill the …
I went to university in the dark old days, when we needed to do all the research ourselves. When I studied in my honours year, I needed to scour physical journal articles stored in a compactus in the bowels of the university library (yes, I’m that old!). I even needed to use microfiche for some …
Every new advance in technology has positive and negative aspects to it. We gain something, and we also lose something. That’s the reality. A new technology doesn’t mean that everything about the world is now better than it was before. This applies to all kinds of technological advances. Think about transport technologies as an example. …
Another thing we notice in this highly structured creation account of Genesis 1 is that God does things intentionally here. God chose to create this thing here, and then that thing there.There was a reason for everything. There is a logic, some of which we can make out in Genesis 1, and some that only …