• Seasonal Posts

    A New Year’s Day Blessing…

    As this most welcome of New Years begins to open up before us, it is my prayer that this will prove to be a year of healing, hope, and blessing for us all.  And to help us usher it in properly, here is a blessing from Psalm 67 of God’s Word… God be merciful to us and bless us, ​​And cause His face to shine upon us, That Your way may be known on earth, ​​Your salvation among all nations. ​ Let the peoples praise You, O God; ​​Let all the peoples praise You. Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy! ​​For You shall judge the people righteously,…

  • Shem, Ham, and Japheth
    2-Bible Story Posts, Act 1, Scene 1--the Overture

    More Blessing, Cursing, and Big Time Rebellion!

    Now that we have had some time to digest the things that were covered in part one of Blessing, Cursing, and Big Time Rebellion, it’s time for us to get back to our analysis of Vignette #9 of Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story.  As a little reminder, just before our break, we were introduced to the idea that Noah, in his cursing of Ham and blessing of Japheth and Shem, was prophetically assigning them (and their descendants) to their respective roles as the corporate Body, Soul, and Spirit of humanity—roles naturally bringing with them some specific responsibilities.  In this part of our critique, we will take a…

  • Noah's curse
    2-Bible Story Posts, Act 1, Scene 1--the Overture

    Blessing, Cursing, and Big Time Rebellion

      Now that all nine Vignettes, or mini stories, in Act 1, Scene 1 of God’s One Big Story have been presented, you might be thinking that the time has come for us to leave Stage #1 and press on to Stage #2, where the second scene in our production is waiting to get underway.  However, before we can move on from here, there is still the matter of our critical analysis of Vignette #9, which has yet to be completed.  Given that this particular Vignette was packed with a lot more action than most of the previous ones, there will be a considerable amount of material for us to discuss;…