Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 – Choices
July 31, 2017
We don’t get a choice about the example we’re given, but we do have a choice about what we do with it. … More Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 – Choices
Month: July 2017
Genesis 32:22-31 – Given, Not Taken
July 24, 2017
The wrestler does not fulfil Jacob’s hunger for blessing right away, but instead directs Jacob’s attention to the root of the problem, his name. Jacob has spent his life living up to his name (it means ‘sneaky little rat-bag’) and it’s time to change. … More Genesis 32:22-31 – Given, Not Taken
Genesis 29:15-28
July 17, 2017
The trickster is tricked, the cheater is cheated, Mr There’s-a-sucker-born-every-minute is suckered himself. … More Genesis 29:15-28
Genesis 28:10-19a
July 10, 2017
Is your walk with God less-than-perfect? Mine too. I like it that we don’t have to try to be someone we’re not when we come to God. Jacob was a schemer (and that’s the polite version – check out the end of the previous chapter for why Jacob was legging it across the desert on his own) and God accepted him as such. … More Genesis 28:10-19a
Genesis 25:19-34
July 3, 2017
Was it the name that made Jacob the way he was? Or did God see his heart before he was born and match the name to the nature? Perhaps Jacob could have used his name as a spur to become better than the shyster it implied. … More Genesis 25:19-34
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