Admittedly, I am one of those Westerners who would not do well in a bartering culture. You tell me that something costs a certain amount, that is the price I will pay you. I don’t haggle and I don’t finagle.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Classic strip re-drawn today. A couple of differences, mainly that I changed the ram’s name from Bill. Not really sure why I bothered though. Sadly, this is the first and last strip featuring Dodge Ram. Way to take one for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Our first strip on the new Monday schedule, and the much anticipated first appearance of Isaac. Also his donkey, Shins. I wonder where that offering is…
Abraham has been living in the kingdom belonging to Abimelech for quite sometime. After a brief misunderstanding over a well, and the exchange of some sheep, the two men form a treaty. Then Abraham plants a tamarisk tree in Beersheba,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here, at the end of Genesis 21, is where we leave Hagar and Ishmael, finding water and shooting arrows in the desert. Eventually Hagar finds an Egyptian wife for her son, and we find out later, in chapter 25,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess I should mention something about how God sometimes has to open our eyes to things that are obvious to other people, but I think you get the point. We have the best readers on this site. Really great[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, at least she wasn’t being totally derelict in her motherly duties. Although I think she has her terms confused again.
A heartbreaking and confusing passage presents itself in Genesis 21. On the one hand, there is great joy in the miracle of Isaac’s birth to Sarah. On the other hand, Hagar and Ishmael’s banishment at Sarah’s insistence is the stuff[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It makes you wonder if Abraham knew that this was going to happen. After all, it worked out that way in Egypt. So what is the lesson we are supposed to learn here? Would God really reward someone who fearfully[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
