POLAND It was a joy and a privilege to spend time with Pastor Jan Tomczyk from Bydgoszcz, Poland, and Russ Brown of Poland Evangelical Mission over the weekend. I hope you will use this Poland Edition of the blog to spend some concentrated time in prayer for Poland, for the church in Poland, and...
Genesis 29:31 – 30:24Jacob’s Children Jacob’s two wives had legitimate problems. Leah felt great sadness because her husband did not love her. Rachel was disappointed because she was barren. But their problems did not drive them toward God. They ran in the opposite...
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...
Genesis 26:1-16Déjà Vu, All Over Again Pastor Dave detailed nine aspects of this narrative about Isaac that are repetitions of events in his father Abraham’s life. Our first reaction to the passage is to dismiss it as redundant and tedious. Thank God for church...
Genesis 17:1-14 A recurrent theme through several chapters of Genesis has been the one-sided nature of God’s covenant with Abram. God’s promises to Abram depended only on His own faithfulness and performance, not Abram’s. His covenant of salvation with us is likewise...
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the...