Reformed Devotionals Daily Podcast

Discover the profound meaning behind Abraham's laughter when God promises him a son at age 100. In this thoughtful exploration of Genesis, we unpack the transformation of Sarai to Sarah, examine the first miracle in Scripture, and explore how God's "laughably bigger" plans often exceed our own expectations. From the distinction between common grace and covenant grace to understanding how Isaac for...

Genesis 17.1-14 (ESV) Dive deep into one of the Bible's most challenging yet profound passages in this thoughtful exploration of Genesis 17. Join us as we unpack Abraham's covenant upgrade, examining how an ancient practice that makes modern audiences uncomfortable actually points us straight to the heart of the Gospel. From Abram's name change to the radical inclusivity of God's family, discover...

Genesis 16 Ever wondered how ancient laws about surrogate mothers connect to one of the most profound names for God in the Bible? Dive into the messy, complicated story of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar—where good intentions collide with weak faith and create consequences that echo through history. This episode unpacks Genesis 16, exploring how our tendency to "help God out" with clever shortcuts often...

Genesis 15 (ESV) What if the most important contract ever written was completely one-sided? Dive into Genesis 15, where God makes an extraordinary covenant with Abraham that changes everything we think we know about earning our way to righteousness. This episode unpacks the bizarre ancient ritual of walking between slaughtered animals and reveals why only God—not Abraham—passed through the pieces....

Genesis 14.17-24 Dive into one of the Bible's most intriguing encounters as we explore the mysterious meeting between Abraham and two very different kings. Who was Melchizedek, this enigmatic priest-king who appears out of nowhere with bread and wine? And what can we learn from Abraham's choice between blessing and bribes? This episode unpacks a pivotal Old Testament passage that points directly t...

In this episode, we explore the Bible's first war report—the battle of the kings and Abram's daring rescue of his nephew Lot. While it's tempting to see ourselves as the hero Abram, this ancient story reveals we're more like Lot, needing our own kinsman redeemer. Discover how this dramatic tale points forward to Jesus, our ultimate rescuer who left heaven's safety to pull us from enemy hands, and...

Genesis 13 (ESV) 1 So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb.2 Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.3 And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,4 to the place where he had made an altar at the first. And there Abram called upon the...

Genesis 12:10-20 (ESV) 10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.11 When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance,12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live.13 Say you are m...

Genesis 11:27 – 12:9 (ESV) 11:27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah...

Genesis 11:10-26 (ESV) 10 These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters. 12 When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah. 13 And Arpachshad lived after he fathered Shelah 403 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 When Shelah ha...

Genesis 11:1-9 (ESV) 1 Now the whole earth had one language and the same words.2 And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.3 And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in...

Genesis 10 (ESV) 1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.5 From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own langu...

Genesis 9:18-28 (ESV): The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the people of the whole earth were dispersed. Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard. He drank of the wine and became drunk and lay uncovered in his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nake...

Genesis 8:20-9:17 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, the LORD said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living cre...

Genesis 8:1–19 (ESV) But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided. The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,and the waters receded from the earth continually. At the end of 150 days the waters had abated,and in the...

Firstly, I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have been patient these last couple of weeks as I’ve been sick and recovering from surgery. It has been encouraging to know that many of you—both in my local congregation and around the world—have prayed for me. I’m grateful, and I’m glad to be back with you today. But this is about studying scripture together, so let’s get stuck in....

Genesis 6:9–22 (ESV) These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth. And God said to Noah, “I have det...

Genesis 6:1–8 (ESV) When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.”The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons...

Genesis 5:1–32 (ESV) This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them Man when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other...

Genesis 4:17–26 (ESV) Now Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch. To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. And Lamech took two wives. The name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. Adah bore Jabal; he was...

Genesis 4:1–16 (ESV) Now Adam knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” And again she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portion...

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”He said, “Who told you that yo...

Genesis 3:1–7 (ESV) Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden,neither shall...

Genesis 2:18–25 (ESV) Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all livestock and...

Genesis 2:4–17 (ESV) These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,when no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground,and a mist was going up from the land and was wa...