Author Archives: Jay F Guin

What does the Passover mean for us today? Well, we start with what it meant for the Israelites. And for them, it was a remembrance of God’s protection and redemption — when God freed them from the shame of slavery … Continue reading →

You would think that the Song of Moses, famously led by Miriam — legendary leader among Christian feminists — that someone — someone — would have set the words to music. I mean, it’s a very famous song. And this … Continue reading →

The Passover is a theme that pervades both the Old and New Testaments. God’s final plague was the Passover, when the Death Angel passed over the oldest Hebrew sons, because Moses had told the Hebrews to take a special meal … Continue reading →

The hard questions And it we are honest enough with ourselves to recognize that some of the most powerful and most important miracles ever performed by God are of the quiet, subtle kind, then we begin to understand prayer in … Continue reading →

The YouTube clip is from the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. The lyrics are by Tim Rice. The singer is Donny Osmond, who played Joseph. The scene is Joseph in prison in Egypt. He’d been … Continue reading →

Moriah (Gen 22:1-18 ESV) After these things God tested Abraham and 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 … Continue reading →

The blood oath For thousands of years, men have sealed covenants in blood. In the Middle East, they used to say that they “cut a covenant,” meaning the covenanting parties cut their arms and sucked a bit of one another’s … Continue reading →