Building Bible Literacy: Foundations for Reading and Understanding Scripture

On A Cliff Edge

Have you ever felt as though life has you stuck on the edge of a cliff? Like one wrong move and it would all be over? Joseph definitely did! Photo from Crater Lake (August 2007) [https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/5f8b075cff3eff7346e39c38/4b3d1e72-bb13-4a17-b84e-e43b06bfaeb0/Jared+at+Crater+Lake+-+August+2007.jpg?content-type=image%252Fjpeg]

Happy Wife, Happy Life?

Jacob is not the type of example you want to follow for a happy marriage…

Are You There God? It's Me, Isaac...

Let me tell you about a guy named Isaac: His father loved him...and almost murdered him. Later, Isaac had kids...but his first born was his favorite. Oh and his wife had a favorite too...but it was the other one. And he was more tricky. Genesis has more drama than any Oscar winner could have. Let's take a look!

Walking With God

God chooses a family who will be his own. It's clear they're far from perfect but they're still the recipients of a promise that will shape the rest of the Bible. Just further proof that grace—not one’s own merits—is what drives God’s plan. Bibliography: Cassuto, U. "The Documentary Hypothesis and the Composition of the Pentateuch: Eight Lectures." Translated by Israel Abrahams. Jerusalem: The Hebrew University, pp xii-117

Something Has Gone Horribly Wrong

From Cain and Abel to the Tower of Babel, the first 11 chapters of Genesis shows the growth of sin and how sticky it is. What can be done when nothing, not even a flood or global dispersion, seems to be able to fix it!