Twenty years have passed since Jacob first met Laban. He starts off prayerless, gets into a huge mess, but doesn’t let these circumstances keep him from working hard and trusting…
Welcome to the great baby race! We’re in the third generation of Abraham’s family, and after sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind, Jacob spends the next seven years with…
Jacob left his parents’ house afraid for his life and unsure of the future, but God came down the stairway to heaven to bless him. Luz became Bethel, the house…
Through steadfast love for God and her family, Rebekah brought Isaac back to his senses. He wanted to bestow the blessing on Esau, and Esau wanted to steal it from…
This story builds on the strife that began when Jacob and Esau were in the womb. God told Rebekah there were not just two babies in her, but two nations,…
God blessing is rarely defined in terms of the troubling stories of the Bible. This text has Isaac’s hundredfold harvest, giving some the idea that you can blab and grab…
Abraham’s life comes to an end, but his legacy of faith carries on. Even though he sinned with Hagar and, now we learn, Keturah, he dies “an old man and…
This passage is a not what we think of as a how-to guide to dating and marriage! While many things have changed over 4000 years, the principles remain the same.…
Christians talk about death a lot. This is important because we’re all going to die and stand before the judgment seat of God to give an account for our life.…
Abraham has come so far. From Ur, from Haran, from famine in the land, from Egypt, from giving his wife to the Philistine king, to finally seeing his son. He…