Monthly Archives: September 2015
Last week I claimed that God wants to work with us in solving life’s problems. The Lord still expects us to act, but not to act as though we were alone.
But what does that look like? Genesis actually shows us God modeling this collaborative behavior so that Abraham – and we –…..
How do we know what work is ours and what can only be done by God?
As I noted last week, God made promises to Abraham about land and descendants, but the Lord still expected Abraham to do a lot on his own. God didn’t produce food when the famines came (Genesis…..
Many people incorrectly attribute this famous saying – “God helps him who helps himself” – to the Bible. Genesis gives us a great story to shed light on why it isn’t a biblical teaching.
It’s not that God doesn’t mean for us to help ourselves. Take the case of Abraham – as I…..
If you ask a child how he/she would fix the problems of the world, he/she might suggest, “God should get rid of all the really bad people.” Genesis plays out this solution in the story of Noah (Genesis 6-9).
Genesis 6:9 notes that Noah “walked with God” – meaning, he was…..