14th November, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
Since September I have been teaching God’s Great Covenant: Old Testament 1 to a women’s Sunday School Class. It’s been a good review for me, and each week I’ve been learning something new as well. While preparing for the lesson on the Ten Commandments I found this quote in Michael Williams’ book As Far As » Read More
18th August, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
I received my copies of God’s Great Covenant: New Testament 1 today. The long awaited day finally arrived, and it is rewarding to see what I’ve written in print. So, tonight I’m browsing through the book, reading this and that. GGC:NT1 is like the previous two books, yet has some important distinctives. How’s it the same? » Read More
12th August, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
Did you know that Jesus fulfilled over one hundred Old Testament prophecies? We are all familiar with the words from Micah 5:2, “But you, Bethlehem … out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel.” Prophecies about Jesus’ death from Isaish 53 and the Messiah Psalms are also well-known. What » Read More
31st July, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
It had happened so fast. A 55-year old man driving to work on an ordinary day. What was he thinking? Was he thinking about the kiss from his wife that he had snatched as he left the house or was he already in office mode, organizing his busy day in his mind? An ordinary Tuesday … » Read More
10th July, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
The Bible says that God created Adam, the first man, and from one of Adam’s ribs, God created woman. Adam and Eve, the first married couple, then had sons and daughters, and all people who live today can trace their geneology back to these first two people. All mankind comes from Adam. In God’s Great » Read More
10th July, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
This week a member of my church died. Rick was a young man — only in his early fifties, but that ‘s young to me. It happened so fast — a massive stroke that no one expected. So what goes through my mind when a believer I know goes through that doorway to heaven? Three » Read More
30th May, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - 6 Comments
To North Carolina and back again …. It was a great weekend at NCHE in Winston-Salem. This homeschool fair was my first one this year, and as I’ve written before, going to homeschool fairs gives me a renewed excitement to go home and continue writing. The comments and encouragement of you, homeschool parents, let me » Read More
22nd May, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
This coming week is the NCHE Homeschool Conference in Winston Salem. Lenora from the Classical Academic Press staff and I will be at the Press’s booth. I love going to homeschool fairs and talking to all the parents who purchase materials from CAP. So, once again I will be in North Carolina and look forward » Read More
22nd April, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - No Comments
“To possess only a small degree of faith is a major catastrophe for Christian believers.” With these words Peter Masters starts his book Faith, Doubt, Trials, Assurance. Do you agree with these words? If so, what makes it a catastrophe? As believers, we have access to the greatest power in the universe, and though we » Read More
10th April, 2011 - Posted by Claire Larsen - 2 Comments
The Medes lived in Mesopotamia in around 55o BC. This people group dwelt in individual city states that formed a confederation that historians call the Median Empire. It was a large empire stretching from Asia Minor across the wideness of Mesopotamia and to the borders of India. Though the Medes controlled a great amount of » Read More
Shalom! Welcome to the God's Great Covenant blog. God has a big story to tell to God's children of all ages. From beginning to end, God's story is action-packed and suspense-filled, while at the same time, it's the greatest love story ever written. So, the aim of the God's Great Covenant series is to relate the Bible narrative in a simple, unified way that emphasizes God's faithfulness through the ages and God's Kingdom established on the earth. The climax of the story, of course, is Jesus Christ who came to earth as Redeemer and King! Yet God is too complex to be understood using only simple language and two-page stories. The purpose of this blog is provide a place to ask questions, share teaching ideas and resources, and explore together the mystery of who God is and what this story He has written means to us.