Ezra 4Ezra chapter three left off with mixed reviews of the rebuilt temple foundation. Some people are shouting with joy and others are weeping bitterly because it wasn’t as glorious as the old temple...  Read More

Ezra 3One of the most amazing things about being a follower of Jesus is that we are invited into a grand mission. God allows us to participate with Him in reaching the world, expanding His glory, and ...  Read More

Ezra 2Ezra 2 is one of those passages of Scripture that we must remind ourselves “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in rig...  Read More

Ezra 1Today we begin the book of Ezra! The book of Ezra (alongside its companion Nehemiah) is an account of the rebuilding of the temple of the LORD in Israel. The reason that rebuiilding the temple i...  Read More

Genesis 49 & 50We have completed all of Genesis! At this point we read about the deaths of both Jacob and Joseph. There is a lot in this passage we could discuss, but what stood out to me in this read...  Read More

Genesis 48We live in some of the busiest, most exhausting, most difficult, and most frightening times. You may go to work to then come home and mow the grass or take the kids to practice. Or you go si...  Read More

Genesis 47Don’t you wish you could know the details of God’s plan for your life? I wonder how Joseph’s perspective would have been different if he knew how the story would end? Chapter 47 lands the pl...  Read More

Genesis 46The Joseph narrative is coming to a close and Joseph has instructed his brothers to bring the whole family, including his father, down to Egypt. Off they go.This story is resolving right bef...  Read More

Genesis 45“So it was not you who sent me here, but God.” Reading Genesis 45, the two words that stuck out to me the most was that little phrase, “but God.” This is the climactic moment when Joseph rev...  Read More

Genesis 44In Genesis 44, Joseph is continuing to test his brothers through placing hte silver cup in Benajmin’s bag. A main spiritual principle that we see in this passage is the character change of J...  Read More

Genesis 43This chapter illustrates the growth of Judah since his idea to sell his younger brother into slavery, and his dealings with Tamar. Judah pledges to his father Jacob that he will take the bla...  Read More

Genesis 42In your life, when you sin, are you sorry for the sin you committed or are you sorry because you are now facing consequences for the sin? Are you sorry that you disrupted your relationship w...  Read More