Genesis Chapter 17
Abram gets a name change and a little nip and tuck to the ol’ foreskin.
He was 99 years old, and God told him to circumcise the flesh of his foreskin. Man oh man, you know that’s got to hurt. Now, getting circumcised at freaking 99 years old, there’s some faith to [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Genesis Chapter 16
Oh Ishmael…you the most ancient of all famous bastards.
Ishmael, Ishmael, Ishmael. Without you, what would Melville have done? Call me Isaac? Call me Abraham? Call me Melvin? It just doesn’t have the same ring.
Here’s the first paragraph of Moby Dick, humor me and read it. I love this book.
Call me Ishmael. Some [...]
Genesis Chapter 15
There’s nothing really unusual or exciting about he way this chapter starts, Abram is talking to God, well actually, he’s kind of whining, but who am I to judge?
Abram is worried because he’s getting really old and still he has no children.
God says don’t worry, if you believe in Me and only Me, [...]
Genesis Chapter 15
15:6
Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness.
As soon as I read it, I remembered this verse from one of my college theology classes. It was a Catholic school, you had to take a minimum of 6 hours theology before they would give you [...]
