Episode 143: Becoming Like Jesus—Honesty
We are circling back to talking about what it means to become more like Jesus again because, as we will see again next week when…
Tag: Abram
Episode 123: The Lech Lecha Story
We are about halfway through the story of Abraham in the Bible. His life story in Genesis is traditionally divided into two “Torah Portions”–Lech Lecha…
Episode 122: Was Ishmael a Mistake?
Special episode: Many kids feel (or are made to feel) that they are mistakes for this or that reason. It’s an issue near and dear…
Episode 120: Circumcision–No Slave or Free
God is going to tell Abraham to make a decision that can’t ever be taken back, by obeying a commandment that can’t ever be undone.…
Episode 118: Abram’s New Name!
The surprising new covenant promise is revealed, and Abram gets a brand new name! I can’t tell you how relieved I am that I can…
Episode 117: El Shaddai
God appears to Abram for the first time in twenty-four years (I am not counting the vision appearance of the Word of the Lord in…
Episode 116: Holiness, Circumcision, and Signs in the Bible
Sorry parents, but in order to teach Genesis 17, we can’t avoid talking about circumcision—a subject that was absolutely normal and not at all embarrassing…
Episode 114: What Hagar Did for God (that no one else ever did)
Hagar is unique and important in the Bible for a lot of reasons. We’ve already talked about some of them but perhaps her most important…
Episode 113: Hagar and the Angel of the Lord
Who is the first person to actually see the Angel of the Lord? It’s Hagar! In this episode, we’re going to see how much God…
Episode 112: Taking Matters into Their Own Hands
Genesis 16 isn’t a good chapter for Abram, Sarai, and especially for Sarai’s Egyptian slave Hagar. Sarai comes up with an idea to get a…