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Jacob Arrives in Paddan Aram Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east. As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well’s mouth was large, and when all…

15 Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?” 16 Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17 Leah’s eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and…

Unexpected Blessing We’ve been following Jacob in this series about identity. Jacob struggled with a bit of an identity crisis from before the time he was born. His brother, Esau, didn’t put much stock in his identity and actually sold his own birth right as first born son for a bowl of beans. Last week…

The Gospel Project® for Adults, Daily Discipleship Guide ESV, Unit 3, Session 2 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, edited by Rev. Lex A. DeLong, M.A. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. God grants His creatures the gift of love, but Himself has…

The Gospel Project® for Adults, Daily Discipleship Guide ESV, Unit 3, Session 2 © 2018 LifeWay Christian Resources, edited by Rev. Lex A. DeLong, M.A. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. God grants His creatures the gift of love, but Himself has…

In one of His sermons Jesus states these words found in Luke 6:31 “Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. Paul would later state this concept in Galatians 5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement , “ You shall love your neighbor as yourself .” Paul would later…

Keeping It In the Family As God builds his special people using some unusual people, Abraham heard the call of God to leave Ur in the Chaldean territories and go toward a new land of promise. With his father Terah, Abraham was stalled for a while in Haran in Northwest Mesopotamia, modern Turkey. As the…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters Noah, Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob; Leah and Rachel; Jacob, Joseph, Moses. Last week we talked about Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, who was quite a mother of deceit. As the hapless old man Isaac sat waiting for his eldest twin Esau to bring home wild game and…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

Miserable getting what I wanted… and that’s not at all what I wanted. Getting what you want only to discover that you really didn’t want it… it was actually something else. Satisfaction The key to getting more out of life is admitting I can never quite reach what I really want. Key to finding true satisfaction…

ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…

That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…

The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…

Pentateuch The story of how God restored mankind, lovingly and graciously redeeming them out of sin’s slavery and raising up a people though whom He would touch the whole world. Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and the whole Bible Pentateuch means “5 Books”. It is the Book of the…

Introduction I’ve always been a bit of nerd. Its important you understand that now, before we get to the heart of the sermon, because you might be skeptical of what I am about to say. Bible Code “Do I love you because you're beautiful? Or are you beautiful because I love you?” - Oscar Hammerstein, “Cinderella”…

Michelle and I have been watching a series on Amazon Prime called Poldark… it’s based on a series of books written back in the 1940’s about a family in London around the late 1700s. Every episode is full of conflict but back then they handled conflict very differently than we do today. It’s hard to tell…

If you’re like me, you probably rush through the “begats” or the lineages of the Bible, but they become important and really demonstrate how the Bible weaves together. We began with Adam. Adam had Cain, and then Abel. We saw that Cain killed Abel, and the Adam and Eve had another son they named Seth.…

And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.” And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of…

You’re not in control, but God is. So how should we respond to that?

Series: Following in the footsteps of Faith The Road Back to Canaan-Genesis 13:1-4 Series Intro : few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This man is revered by over one-half the…

Series: Abraham: Following in the Footsteps of Faith 3. The Path out of God’s Will Genesis 12:10-20 January 24, 2010 Series Intro : few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This…

Committed to a life of faith Genesis 12.4-9 Series Intro : few men, outside of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself have has such an impact on the history of the world as did the man introduced to us in this passage of scripture. This man is revered by over one-half the world’s population. In our day, Abraham…

They say our life is the sum total of our choices. Which goes to say that we would do well to choose wisely. But that doesn’t mean that we should chose ease. So I was talking to my football team the other day and I asked them why they came out and endured the heat, the sweat, the stress, the bumps and…