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...
by Mike Woodruff | Oct 19, 2023 | The Friday Update
Happy Friday, We are saved by grace through faith, not of ourselves; it is a gift of God. Paul, Eph. 2 The suggestion that God knows the worst about us and yet loves us anyway is not just counter-intuitive; it conflicts with our deep need for self-justification....
