In the 15th century Leonardo da Vinci created and sketched designs and models for transport vehicles. In 1768, the first steam powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. In 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. In 1886, the first … Continue reading Driving Faith

In chapter 19,  Job blatantly blames God for all the calamity that has befallen him. Can you imagine the rebuke you would get from well meaning Christian friends if you began this dirge against God, Job's three friends proved my point. But God doesn't rebuke Job, rather he reveals truth to him. And, while Job … Continue reading unconventional praise

This is a picture of King Solomon's temple, the place where God's very presence dwelt.  It's hard to believe that someday there will be a holy place far beyond this glory, and any ever built on earth. Revelation 21 describes it:  "I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and I saw the holy … Continue reading As Stone Prepared : How God pulls broken dirty things from the earth and makes them beautiful

Long before a cross, or the sound of a rooster crowing. Disloyalty entered the world. It was not in a dark and shallow place, but a  beautiful garden where death began its first plea.  Betrayal was defined in this moment. God entrusted everything to his children; the whole earth was within their power and dominion. … Continue reading The First Betrayal

Psalm 74 “O God, why hast thou rejected us forever; why does Thy anger smoke against us. The enemy has damaged everything within Thy Sanctuary…” The psalmist has lost something he dearly loves. I can’t help but wonder was Asaph the Psalmist, a servant in the temple, was this his livelihood, the priests had no … Continue reading The New Sanctuary: placing our hope in God alone.

Moses and Zipporah are traveling to Egypt. An angel of the Lord suddenly appears seeking to kill Moses.  Moses? Moses was the Lord’s anointed, chosen, the beautiful child – set apart for God’s purposes and not just a purpose but he was chosen to lead one of the biggest events in biblical history, and God … Continue reading The Proper Response

Hosea was instructed by God to marry a prostitute. They had one child together. She was a harlot, had an affair and got pregnant. This second child did not belong to Hosea, it was not his seed. God said to Hosea, “name this child, not my people.” Like Gomer, Israel was producing children that did … Continue reading Not my people

David was anointed King long before he became King. David  refused to act presumptuously. On several occasions he could have killed Saul , but he forbids that he should lay even a hand on "the Lord’s anointed". What was it that distinguished David from Adonijah? David was one who wouldn’t even take what was his, … Continue reading un-confronted