Tag: Isaac
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Isaac the Cat: 1992-2011
My long-time readers have read my occasional references to our cat, Isaac. We had to put Isaac down this morning. He was experiencing kidney failure. Isaac was born in March 1992. He lived nineteen years and five months. I think that is something like 97 years old in human years! He led a good long…
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Isaac’s Birthday Dilemma
This is a picture of Isaac and me watching March Madness this weekend. (Isaac prefers teams like Cougars, Wildcats, and Tigers.) This week Isaac turns 18 years old! You may remember that I did a post about Isaac getting his Walgreens prescription discount card a couple of years ago. Well, now it is time to…
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Jacob and the Prodigal (Part 2)
[Previous] When Jacob stole his brother's birthright, he did so while Esau was "out in the field." Isaac sent Esau out to hunt some game for him before he blessed him, but Jacob represented himself as Esau, and Isaac believed him. When Esau did return with game, the natural conclusion is that he returned from…
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God Will Provide
Gen 22:1-18 NRSV 1 After these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." 2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that…
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Inconceivable!
One of my favorite movie quotes is when Vizzini in The Princess Bride keeps exclaiming, "Inconceivable!" One thing after the other happened that was counter to his expectation. His mind was too barren to conceive of the possibilities. God made his intention clear that he intended to make a great nation of Abraham's descendants (Gen.…