Do you think it's okay to pray about a business decision?" The guy who asked me this question was considering a merger...
Back in Genesis 37, when Joseph's brothers plotted to kill him, Judah suggested an alternative plan. Rather than murdering their brother, he suggested that they sell Joseph to the Ishmaelites as a...
An oilman discovered that someone was slant-drilling—illegally extracting oil from his property. When the oilman took his case to court, the other...
Where can you fail two thirds of the time and still be wildly successful? Why, Major League Baseball: Where a .333 batting average can land you in the hall of fame! Just picture...
I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, so that it...
Communication is such a complicated thing. Mostly because we often don't say what we mean. We say what we think others want to hear. We say one thing and hope people hear something...
I've never thought of work as "trinitarian," but Howard Butt is right. If we live out a calling and not just a job, the Father’s leadership style is extended by our hands. If...
Pastors are well aware of the massive disconnect between Sunday and Monday for most believers. A domesticated "housebroken" Gospel has turned the Church into a domesticated "housedog"—a state, in...
Throughout the story of Joseph's encounter with his brothers, he seemed to be toying with them. In Chapter 42, his heart was touched when his brothers expressed remorse for having mistreated Joseph...
The story of Joseph overflows with self-centeredness, beginning with Joseph's dreams, continuing through his brothers' treachery, right up to Jacob's self-absorbed response to his sons' report....
In the Plan A world, we wouldn't sin at all, period. But that world remains in God's future for us.In the Plan B world, our sinful acts would be quickly followed by Spirit-inspired...
When famine ravaged the land of Canaan, Jacob sent ten of his sons to Egypt so that they might buy grain . . . the same ten sons who once sold Joseph into...
Joseph chose names for his sons that expressed his gratitude to God and his effort to make sense of his life. His second son was named Ephraim, which Joseph related to the Hebrew...
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It would be hard to imagine a more meteoric rise to power. One moment Joseph was languishing in prison, wondering when God will deliver him. The next moment he was interpreting Pharaoh's dreams....
Today we are focusing, once again, on the beginning of the story of Joseph's encounter with Pharaoh. Yesterday we saw how Joseph, once brash and boastful, had been humbled by the difficulties of...
My six-minute commute is simply too short. Living only three miles from the office is one of my greatest problems (which is...
My client had a delicate dilemma.A wealthy and generous man, my client had long supported a charity run by a charismatic leader, his friend "Jonathan." But my client had lost confidence in the...
Sold into slavery by his own brothers, wrongly imprisoned by the master he had served loyally, Joseph continued to serve the Lord even while in prison. There he had the opportunity to interpret...
In the first part of Genesis 39, God was with Joseph even though he was a slave of Potiphar. As a result, his master gave him substantial authority over his household. But things...
