In the Beginning

I remember being told that I was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, I had a mother and a father, but their fate remains a mystery. Also, the lawyer who oversaw my parents’ adoption proceedings revealed that I was the youngest of five siblings. Now I know that...

GJR056: The Cloud & the Fire

  As the Israelites had traveled from the land to their new home, God sent a cloud by day and a fire by night. Both of these were very real symbols to the nation that God was leading them, and they represented three beautiful things for the Israelites. First, the...

GJR054: For His Glory

  The truth is that sometimes God uses opposition to His will to further His glory. So often God turns a test of our faith into His testimony. He does this for the honor of His name and to draw even more people to Him. But this doesn’t mean the road is easy or...

GJR053: God is Doing a New Thing

    The nation of Israel had been enslaved for four hundred years. Four hundred years of crying out to God as generation after generation hoped their children and grandchildren would one day know the sweet blessing of freedom. Some scholars refer to this...