Five Ways Joseph Foreshadows Christ

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Only six more days until Christmas 2022. Is your shopping done? Are you hosting family this year or traveling? Have you ever considered all the ways Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, was a foreshadowing of God’s Only Begotten? Of course, Christ is the one and only Incarnate Son–fully God and fully man–but Joseph’s birth was also miraculous. Though not a virgin …

Celebrating One God at Christmas

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Ho-ho-how do we ignore the commercialism associated with Christmas and focus on the ho-ho-holy God who invaded earth in a lowly manger? Perhaps it would help to remember that our struggle is neither new to our generation nor unique to our culture. When Joseph was released from prison and elevated to the second-highest ruler in Egypt, he also faced unique challenging …

An Egyptian Rapunzel: Were Both Joseph & Asenath Held Captive?

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Fact or Fiction: Joseph’s wife Asenath was held captive in a tower before she married Joseph? Well, I counted it as sort of both. An ancient Jewish novel, written sometime between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D., tells the story of Joseph and Asenath. It was reworked a few centuries later as ancient Christian fiction! Fascinating, huh, to think that “biblical …

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The Fallout of Betrayal: Part III – Judah’s Redemption

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Have you ever wanted to run away from home? When I was little—maybe five or six—I had a friend over to play and I remember feeling like my mom liked her better than she liked me. The sting of betrayal was sharp, and I somehow talked myself into believing my family wouldn’t miss me if I ran away. I packed …

The Fallout of Betrayal: Part II – Silencing Despair

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Despair–it’s an awful thing, isn’t it? When we’re eight months old, it can be satisfied with a bottle of warm milk. When we’re eight, eighteen, eighty years old–or any age in between–it’s gonna take more than warm milk to stem the emotional tide of despair. Where We’ve Been… In last week’s blog post, we talked about the possibility of Terah’s …

October Polling Reports and Calendar Cuts

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Beginning in October, we’re hitting on all cylinders for my favorite season of the year–FALL! In both my newsletter featured articles and blog posts I’ll begin sharing more of the spiritual impact and behind-the-scenes writing information about my May 2023 release, In Feast or Famine (my Amazon affiliate link). Last month I offered surveys in both my blog and newsletter asking what interests you about: research, …