Tag Archives: Genesis 19

Islands, Elevators, Cows, and Crops: Migration Economics. Genesis 36:6-8.

The island of Manhattan must have seemed huge to the Dutch who first arrived in 1626, securing the rights to farmland by paying the Lenape people $24 in beads and trinkets for the area that would come to be known as “Manhatto.” Forty years later the British took over and the island would grow soContinue reading “Islands, Elevators, Cows, and Crops: Migration Economics. Genesis 36:6-8.”

Remember Lot’s Wife.

Jesus warns in Luke 17:33, “Remember Lot’s wife!” He makes it sound like life and death. But what does that mean? In Genesis 19, God sends angels to rescue Lot’s family. The people are warned to run from the city. The sons-in-law ignore it. The family hesitates. The angels (who look like men) grab theirContinue reading “Remember Lot’s Wife.”

Is it Possible to Laugh Too Much?

“Laughter doeth good like a medicine” Proverbs 17:22.  God created laughter.  One favorite quote says, “You were created out of the LAUGHTER of the Trinity.”  God laughs.  And He gave us the gift of laughter—and its healing properties have now been verified by science.  Turns out, laughter actually CAN do good like a medicine.  ButContinue reading “Is it Possible to Laugh Too Much?”