by Mike Woodruff | Nov 22, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, The Lord called to the man, “Where are you?” Genesis 3:9 For several months now, asking, “What time is it?” has been the stylish way to suggest someone needed to wake up to what was going on in the world. Let the record show God asked a form of the...
by Mike Woodruff | Nov 16, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Our Father who art in Heaven…Jesus, The Lord’s Prayer Matthew 5 Much has been made of Jesus teaching his disciples to call God “Father.” Though the Jews recognized the Lord of Heaven as “the Father of the Nation of Israel,” no one called him Dad....
by Mike Woodruff | Nov 9, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, God has led me into darkness, shutting out all light.He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. The Prophet JeremiahLamentations 3:2-3 In a world riddled with war, injustice, infertility, sick children, unfaithful friends, fading...
by Mike Woodruff | Nov 2, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Isaac, Gen. 22:7 Genesis 22 is a scandalous read. What kind of God asks a father to sacrifice his only son? Can you imagine Abraham’s anguish when Isaac asks, “Dad, we’ve got the...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 26, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday: Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this presentworld, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Paul, 2 Tim. 4:9 We should be saddened but not surprised when people walk away from the faith. “Deconstruction” has been happening since...