The Bushnell Project

Here is the end of this great story, and you have to reflect on the role of the Holy Spirit, coming to find us and lead us back to Jesus.  And now the roll of the Holy Spirit using us as the servant …

As we continue in Genesis 24, we find the servant of Abraham recounting for us the story of his prayer and meeting Rebekah.  The family decides he can take her for his master, and there is worship an…

Jewelry has been around a long time.  It is a fine art, and good jewelry has great value, but nothing is more valuable than a great wife.  Rebeca's actions (as prayed for by the servant), expose her …

Obedience is a beautiful thing.  Here we see Abrahams most trusted and long time servant sent on a most important mission.  Probably a part of the special operations force:)
he prays simply, with prec…

Just the first part of this amazing story, Genesis 24:1-9
Would you swear to travel about 20 plus days for your master?  This old servant has seen it all with Abraham.  He gets it, Abraham is blessed …

We are just sojourners here on this planet.  What are we doing to invest in eternity?  I am often guilty of just thinking about today, and what I have.  We need to be encouraging one another to keep …

God has a plan... he reveals it in Genesis 22 and proves it with Jesus death as the Lamp of God that takes away our sins on that same mountain.

Has your love ever been put to the test?  Has it really been tested?  How about your faith in God?  Abraham's faith is test as well as his love not only for his son Isaac,  but his love for God

Genesis 21 continues.  Listen to your wife.  Also note how people are watching Abraham... and taking note that God is with him.  Is God with you?  They can tell

Wanted to talk about something else, but this is where God took it.  He is faithful.  Enjoy, tell me what you think

Genesis 21 is all about the faithfulness of God, and the ability of His image barer to fall short of trusting Him.  Sarah once again rejects Hagar, yet God is there to keep His promise.   Sarah is Sa…

King Abimelech does a lot to make sure Sarah's reputation is not solid.  He is the more righteous man in this chapter.  He is not about defending just himself, but is truly a man, carting about all t…

Abraham lies again about his wife, and God visits the worldly king (Pharoh like) Abimelech, who shows that he does in fact fear God.  Abraham's sin almost leads to the destruction of a people, and it…

Genesis 19, part 2 shows us how the Angels have to literal grab the hands of Lot and his family to get them out of their city.  How sin grips us and captures us.  Yet Abraham's prayers are more power…

Edmund Burke, 1729-1797, was credited with saying "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."  I don't think he said that exactly, but he did preach on the parli…

The angel of the Lord comes up for the first time in Genesis 16:7

Here Abraham pleads with God to save the city if only a few righteous are found... first 50, then 45, then all the way down to 10... oh what will happen now?

Here we have the first specific reference in the Bible to the teaching of children, indicating that such instruction is the primary responsibility of the father and should take on the form of command…

The first 15 verses are very interesting here.  Abraham has these visitors and how this old man runs to greet them and take care of them shows us for sure who this is.  
Interesting side note, i will …

God can fix that.  God can take our wrongs, he can take what he is disappointed in, and still bless it and use it.  He is mature enough to handle it all.  Can we mature?  Can we be the men of peace G…