by iStudyEBS | Jan 14, 2022 | Lesson Reflection
Genesis 16: 8 (ESV) – And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.” At some point in our lives, we all find ourselves as recipients of ill-treatment – some through no...
by iStudyEBS | Oct 8, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
Genesis 3:3 “but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, … lest you die.’” The 1999 film “The Sixth Sense” gave rise to the catchphrase “I see dead people.” In this movie, a 9-year-old boy claims to see and talk to...
by iStudyEBS | Oct 1, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
“Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [o]eat, for on the...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 24, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” Genesis 1:1 Genesis Chapter One ~ the most read chapter in the Bible and possibly the most read chapter of any book in the world by all those of good intent. What fresh insights might I gain as I begin,...
by iStudyEBS | Sep 22, 2021 | Lesson Reflection
James 1: 19 (ESV) Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; The immediate context of James 1:19 is anger that is incompatible with the righteousness of God. As I thought about James’ admonition to be “quick to...
