Genesis 29:1-30A Man Reaps What He Sows I was impressed by the insights Pastor Dave shared from a detailed comparison of a servant’s journey to Paddan-aram seeking a wife for Isaac and Jacob’s journey to the same place also seeking a wife. Lord, remind us that Your word is...
Genesis 28:1-22Between a Rock and a Hard Place Isaac was determined that his son Jacob, the recipient of the covenant blessings, would not marry a Canaanite woman and sent him to find a wife from among Rebekah’s people. We, as believers, are also not to be unequally yoked. Pastor Dave...
Genesis 27:30-46 The failures of Yahweh’s earliest covenant partners – the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob – point out humanity’s desperate need for a Savior to institute a new covenant. We sinners are incapable of being faithful covenant partners and of...
Genesis 27:1-29This Is a Mess! Rebekah instigated and plotted the masquerade. Jacob piled lie on lie to deceive. Esau despised his birthright. Isaac was ruled by his physical appetites. All were messed up people. As Pastor Shannon aptly expressed it, the claws of sin had dug into each one...
Genesis 26:17-35The God of Abraham God didn’t call Himself “the God of Abraham” or orchestrate the events of Isaac’s life to echo events of his father’s life because Abraham, not Isaac, was His first-best favorite. Rather, He wanted Isaac to know that He...