Instant Replay: Israel Rejects God’s Authority

Read Psalm 78:1–16 They did not keep God’s covenant and refused to live by his law.Psalm 78:10 How to Talk So Your Children Will Listen is a popular parenting book. The title will seem ridiculous to parents whose only childrearing strategy is “I-said-it-you-obey-it,”...

Result of Sin: Find Grace

Read Exodus 32:1–14 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.Genesis 3:21 Rob Bell published his book Love Wins in 2011, which argues against traditional interpretations of hell. Many evangelical leaders accused Bell of heresy. Derek...

Result of Sin: Find Someone to Blame

Read 1 Samuel 13:8–15 The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.Genesis 3:12 Two weeks after his re-election last November, Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned his seat. Jackson cited mental-health issues as the...

Result of Sin: Go into Hiding

Read Jonah 1 They hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.Genesis 3:8 Amanda Todd was found dead in her home in October of last year. A month earlier, she had posted a YouTube video about the malicious ways she had been bullied by people on Facebook....

Keeping Company with Temptation: Sin Is Never Solitary

Read Numbers 16:1–35 She took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.Genesis 3:6 In August 2011, the fatal police shooting of a young black man set off a string of violent riots in London. More than 4,000 people were...