Highlight If you, like me, did not grow up in the country around animals, you might not know what a yoke is. Full transparency, I did not understand why Jesus was talking about eggs when I first read this when I was young.  Read More

The Israelites were enslaved in Egypt for over four-hundred years. Then the Lord sent Moses to rescue His people and take them back to the land promised to their father’s Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is in this exodus from Egypt and trek to the Promise Land that God meets His people on Mount Sinai to instruct them in the way they should live.  Read More

Highlight God’s story of creation is a beautiful telling of how He brings light and life into the chaos and empty space. Scholars say that the climax of the creation story is day six, when God creates “mankind in our own image” (1:26). Which makes sense, because the story of man is recounted again in Genesis 2 - authors repeat what they find important. Yet, if we only look to the climax of the creation's story, we miss an immensely important gift - rest.   Read More

Throughout this series we have been talking about the Biblical perspective of work. Thus far, we have learned - God is a worker, and because we bear His image, we too are called to work. Next, work is not a curse…but it is cursed.   Read More

Highlight Jesus’ words are not always easy to hear. Not all of his parables or teachings were liked back then, and the same is true of today. This teaching in particular is tough because Jesus plainly tells us that there are people who will spend eternity with Him, and there are people who will spend eternity apart from Him.   Read More

Highlight Joseph’s life and work was dedicated to God. It was not easy, nor did it always seem good. To recap - his brothers beat him then sold him into slavery, he was wrongfully accused of sexual harassment, sent to jail for many years, and yet then he rose to power in Egypt as the number two over the whole nation  Read More