Episode 154: “Do whatever Sarah says.”
Oh man, I hate this portion of the Bible. It’s so messy and sad and frustrating. Abraham is upset about Sarah wanting Ishmael gone forever—I…
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Episode 152: Sarah’s Disturbing Demand
If you want to view this on YouTube, check this out! If you can’t see the podcast player, click here. Hi! I’m Miss Tyler! Welcome to this…
Episode 133: Sarah’s Mysterious Laughter
Most people look at Sarah’s laughter in Genesis 18 and think nothing of it. We think of what it looks like in the movies or…
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 121: Sarai’s New Name!
This week we will be talking about one of the themes of Scripture—miracle babies! Sarai’s will be the very first of seven and that calls…
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 119: A Permanent Covenant
When God makes a Covenant, He really makes a Covenant. In chapter 17, Abraham is given the promise of a permanent Covenant, which means it…
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…