Luke 20:16 NKJV When Jesus reveals the fate of the vinedressers—“He will come and destroy those vinedressers and give the vineyard to others”—the religious leaders erupt with the protest, “Certainly not!” Their shock, however, is not rooted in innocence but in a refusal to accept what the Scriptures had already spoken. Jesus’ parable was a...Read More

“So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. Abramwas eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.”— Genesis 16:15–16 (NKJV) The Long Wait and the Quiet TemptationAt the close of Genesis 16, roughly a year passes between the tension of verse one and thebirth of Ishmael. In...Read More