Many people read Genesis 18 as an example of God changing his mind. I think He might actually do that, but this story doesn’t make that point. To do Better Bible we must ask the questions the story is actually asking. This story is asking, Abraham, what d

God shows up 13 years after the Hagar stuff and clarifies His agreement with Abram. God changes Abram and Sarai’s names, He also tells Abram to break out a knife for an odd act of obedience. In the end, Abraham trusts God implicitly and obeys! 

What to do with a story that seems totally out of place? Embrace the uncomfortable. Dive into the context. Reevaluate from the point of new information. Figure out why the random story is there!This episode is about God embracing a disregarded woman and g

Let's talk about God and Abram some more!God meets up with Abram after the big temptation to compromise and they have a life-changing interaction! At the end of this conversation, the Bible says, "Abram believed God and he was credited with righ

While the Bible is definitely awesome, sometimes it can be a challenge to read. Often we need to back out of the details a bit, remember this is the story of God and then look for the storyline. We then can go back into the details and see what themes exi

There a lot of stories in the Bible that require the reader to look deeper for the purpose of the story. One of these is definitely when Abram took his family to Egypt and lied saying Sarai was his sister. Without entering into the context we are left wit

How good would life be if all you had to do was wriggle, scrunch your face up, and start crying and whatever you wanted just showed up?Babies are so blessed.In Genesis 12 God tells Abram he will bless him.And then there is a famine Abram has to go through

Lets finally talk about Abram! The great man of faith! Right? Sort of, but definitely didn't start that way. He became what he was because God found him, God leads him, God protected him, and God provided opportunity. The point of the story, especial

Mostly we think the Bible is a good thing, we’re glad it exists, but we don’t know much about it other than there are “those people” who act like they know about it and treat it like they have a some super special knowledge and tend to be judge-y.Getting

Listen, if your faith is dumb, it isn't the because the Bible teaches that or endorses it. Bible faith is the result of engaging with God through the text of the Bible and through prayer based on what you know from the Bible. Basically, faith is the resul