And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. //Yesterday I…

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. //This story disturbs an awful lot of Bible readers….

“And so ends the Jewish nation,” Matthew pronounced, wagging his head appropriately. Samuel smiled wryly at his son’s language, probably a phrase he had heard from his teacher. He sounded so grown up! “Yes, so ends the Jewish nation, a time of great darkness for the people of God. Did…

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said //These words are spoken by Paul in the book of Acts. Are you curious who he is quoting? It’s credited to Epimenides, who lived six centuries before Paul. Here is…

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. //This verse describes a man who lived among the graves and was possessed by a “legion” of devils. He was untameable, self-destructive, unhelped and known only as “Legion.” Whatever the…

“But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’ ” //This line comes from the parable of Lazarus and the rich man. After life is over, Lazarus and the rich man both find themselves in…

But Jesus said to him, “Friend, why have you come?” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and took Him. //Can you guess who Jesus is talking to? It’s his betrayer, Judas. Judas has just delivered Jesus into the hands of his enemies, and Jesus calls him friend. Often,…

“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” //These words were spoken by Jesus to the money changers and vendors in the temple courtyard. I’ve always assumed Jesus was just a bit miffed…