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Genesis 21: Promises in the Desert
As promised, God visited Sarah and she became pregnant with Abraham’s child. A son was born when God said it would. Abraham and Sarah named the child Isaac meaning laughter, because they had both laughed when they were told they were going to have a child at age 100. Sarah did not appreciate the fact…
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Write Now
Last summer, while working from home and seeing to the news, and hearing people say, “Jesus says this,” and “Jesus says that” I felt gaslit. Because the Jesus I grew up learning about in Sunday School, was not matching the Jesus that people were presenting. I go to church every single Sunday and I am…
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Genesis 16: Seen
After living in Canaan for ten years, Abram and Sarai still do not have a child. Sarai plans to make her Egyptian servant Hagar sleep with her husband in order to obtain one. Abram agrees and Hagar gets pregnant. It’s almost the perfect solution. Hagar looks at Sarai with contempt and Sarai complains to Abram.…
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Genesis 15: Dreams & Visions
Abram has a vision of God saying, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” Instead of just accepting this, Abram questions God about his childlessness. He doesn’t understand how the promise of having countless descendants can be fulfilled without even having one kid. What gives? Now that his nephew Lot…
