The Pastor's Perspective

  In America we have laws in place that prevent companies from doing what is called deceptive packaging. What this means is that companies can not try to sell a product by keeping back certain information. They have to make sure that the product they are advertising is the same product that they are actually selling.       So if there product is known to be harmful in someway they have to put a warning label on that product so that the customer is aware of the danger.  If there product is supposed to look a certain way, than any of the pictures that they use must accurately represent the product they are selling. If the product is a certain size but they want to use is a close up image they have to put a statement that says that this picture is not the actual size of the product and is used to show the texture of there product.     So why were these laws put in place? Why are companies forced to make these accommodations? These laws are important ...

     There was this boy who was playing outside one day. He was throwing his ball out in the back yard. It just so happened that this boy had thrown a little too hard and the ball landed on top of the roof of his home. The ball rolled down the roof and the boy was hoping that the ball would just simply fall down. Unfortunately however the ball got stuck in the gutter.      Well this was a real problem for the boy and he began to think about what he could do to fix this situation and get his ball back. He looked around and saw a large branch from a near by tree and He thought that he might be able to use it to push the ball off. Sadly the branch did not quite reach the ball.      Next the boy thought about the large ladder in his fathers garage. "Surely it is tall enough for me to use to climb up on the roof and retrieve my ball.      So off the boy goes into the garage to retrieve the ladder. The boy struggled under its weight ...

 For those who know me know that I love the book of Genesis and the story of Joseph is one my favorites in that book of the bible. For several weeks now the story of Joseph has been on my mind. In particular the part of the story where we see Jacob and all of his sons come into Egypt. It is here we see the climax of everything that happened in Joseph's life. We see the fulfilments of Joseph's dreams that he dreamed as a boy. We see how those years changed Josephs brothers, and we see how Joseph is able to forgive his brothers. Its just a fantastic story.  However these are not the reasons why this story has been on my mind lately. The reason why this story has been on my mind is because I think we can see in this story certain truths that pertain to some of the things we are going through right now. So let me begin with a simple question. How did the Israelites become enslaved to Egypt? How did all of the Egyptians fall under the rule and reign of the Pharaoh? H...