A serendipitous moment is a surprise blessing. Sometimes they happen to you; sometimes you have to look for them. J.Schaap found a serendipitious blessing in an old cassette tape. On it was a...
In Genesis 15, Abram is first presented as a paradigm of faith when he trusts God and God counts him righteous (15:6)...
In Genesis 15:6, Abram puts his trust in God and God counts him as righteous. Abram stands as a paradigm of faith.Yet when the Lord reiterates his promise to give the promised land...
In Genesis 15, once again the Lord speaks to Abram, promising a great reward. But Abram objects that he has no natural heir, and therefore will miss the essence of greatness according to his...
Wayne Huizenga, Jr., is President of Huizenga Holdings, Inc., a diversified company that owns the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League...
There was a time, long ago, when you had to do everything for yourself. If you lived on a remote farm, you had to grow your own food, harvest it, cook it, and...
“Whistle while you work,” the classic Disney song proclaims. But in financially uncertain times, it can be hard to whistle when our work doesn’t necessarily provide the economic returns we hope for...
Trinity University Speech Festival: 1967. The competition was fierce as opponents circled about reassuring one another that blood would flow as they clawed their way to first place. The drama was...
The Bible is full of mysteries that we accept on faith, but just can't quite figure out. The appearance of Melchizedek in Genesis 14 is one of these mysteries. We know almost nothing about the...
Transcript In 1982, Tom Peters published an instant business classic called In Search of Excellence. I don't know if he coined the term "out of the box," but he certainly thought that way...
In Genesis 13, conflict between Abram's herdsmen and the herdsmen of his nephew Lot led to a generous compromise on Abram's part: he let Lot choose the best land for himself, while Abram took what...
Earlier in Genesis 13, Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen quarreled because there wasn't enough land to support their flocks.
As God blessed Abram and his nephew Lot, they both became wealthy, with large flocks of livestock. Unfortunately, the land they shared couldn't supply enough food for the flocks, so Abram's...
Shortly after Abram showed exemplary trust in God by moving to Canaan, a famine forces him to move to Egypt. Fearful that the beauty of his wife, Sarai, might jeopardize his own life, Abram...
As Abram went about in the land God had promised to him, he built altars, pausing to recognize God and worship him (literally, "call upon his name"). In a sense, Abram was staking...
When I moved to San Antonio, I knew nothing of Lent. I was brought up Baptist, and we didn't do Lent. I...
In Genesis 12:1, the Lord told Abram to leave everything that was familiar in his life and travel to an unknown land. Along with this command came a promise of great blessing. Verse...
The phrase "blessed to be a blessing" may be overused in some Christian circles today, but its truth must not be forgotten. The case of Abram is exemplary. God promised to bless him...
In our day, if a couple is unable to have children, it can be a source of great sadness. In the Ancient Near East, if a woman failed to produce an heir for...
The Babylonians sought to build a great city with a high tower. In ancient Mesopotamia, pagan temples featured a tower, known as a ziggurat, which was believed to be a residence for the...
