Zach Parker

Slimy patriarch Abram tried to save his own hide by lying and trying to pass off his wife, Sarai, as his sister while in Pharaoh’s Egypt (Genesis 12).

In Genesis 13, following Abram’s exodus from Egypt with many flocks and riches, there was “strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock” (Gen 13:7).

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In Genesis 14, we learn of four kings led by Chedorlaomer who invade the plains of the Jordan Valley to battle five kings, including the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah.

In Genesis 15, following Abram’s defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings of the North, Yahweh comes to the patriarch and comforts him: Do not be afraid.

In Genesis 16, why is the story of Abram “derailed” by a story about an Egyptian maidservant?

The Monroe City Council introduced an ordinance earlier this week declaring their plans to investigate the Monroe Fire Department for possible misuse of public funds and other peculiarities.

When the mob of men, young and old, from all over Sodom confronted Lot at his home in Genesis 19, they asked that Lot’s two visitors (angels from Yahweh) be brought out so that “we may know them” (Gen 19:5).

In Genesis 19, as Lot leaves Sodom and Gomorrah with his wife and two daughters, we read a curious detail that has fascinated many since: Lot’s wife looks back toward the cities and becomes a pillar of salt (Gen 19:26).

State Rep. Pat Moore and Monroe City Council member Rodney McFarland admonished the Southside Economic Development District earlier this week for holding a meeting in which some members argued and