Tag: sanctification

  • Jacob Returns & Meets Esau (The Long Way Back Home Part 3; Genesis 33)

    Jacob Returns & Meets Esau (The Long Way Back Home Part 3; Genesis 33)

    In this post, I’ll be doing an in-depth analysis of Genesis 33. Here, I will pick up where I left off in May, when I wrote about Jacob’s journey back home in Genesis 32. Recall that at this point in the biblical narrative, Jacob, his wives, and his children are heading back to Canaan. While…

  • How My Atheism Died & I Found the Truth

    How My Atheism Died & I Found the Truth

    You may or may not know that I write for another website called TruthFinder. TruthFinder is not intended for Christians specifically, but it is meant for those who have critical questions about the universe and reality. Examples of such critical questions are, “How do we know what is true?” and “Why is there something rather…

  • Jacob’s Long Way Back Home, Part One (Genesis 30:25–31:55)

    Jacob’s Long Way Back Home, Part One (Genesis 30:25–31:55)

    Last time we were in the Book of Genesis, I spoke about God’s providence in Jacob’s life. That is, at Bethel, God made a promise to Jacob before he arrived in the land of his exile. That promise (Genesis 28:13–15) told that one day he would return home. Decades later—in Genesis 31:3, which we will…

  • What “Turn the Other Cheek” Actually Means (Matthew 5:39)

    What “Turn the Other Cheek” Actually Means (Matthew 5:39)

    In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says the following in Matthew 5:39: Do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. After reading this passage, you may wonder what the Lord means when He says to turn the cheek when someone slaps you on…

  • Consider Lot (Genesis 19:1-29)

    Consider Lot (Genesis 19:1-29)

    In Luke 17:32, Jesus urges us to remember Lot’s wife. The Lord’s point in that instruction was that when judgment is imminent, we cannot be double-minded. Lot’s wife was close to deliverance, but she looked back, in defiance of God’s instruction. Her disobedience of God’s command doomed her. Today, I invite you to consider Lot,…