Joseph and Jesus
What a joy it’s been preaching through the life of Joseph! Since about 25% of the book of Genesis is about him, it’s like we get to know him personally.…
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How Do I Deal with My Past? – Genesis 42-43
We all have things in our past that are hard – mistakes we’ve made, hurts done to us, etc. As we’ve seen the past couple weeks with Joseph, he too…
READ MOREWhere is God? – Genesis 40-41
Many times in life we ask the question, “Where is God?” Joseph was hated by his brothers, sold to a caravan of traders, sold again in Egypt to Potiphar, falsely…
READ MOREHow Can I Live Out My Dream? – Genesis 37-39
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m living the dream”? Some say it to mean they genuinely love their life and their job. Others use it sarcastically to say they…
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What Can I Learn from the Life of Jacob? Part 2 – Genesis 32-35
When we left off with Jacob last week, he and Esau were on bad terms. Jacob was also heading back to Canaan (where he was from) to separate from Laban.…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from the Life of Jacob? – Genesis 25-31
We first read about Jacob prior to his birth. In Genesis 25:23-28, God tells Rebekah that “two nations are in [her] womb.” Nothing like that for a prediction of sibling…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Abraham and Sarah? – Genesis 15-22
I ended last week’s blog pointing out that Abraham was a man just like you and me. In the same vein, he and his wife, Sarah, faced a lot of…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Abraham? – Genesis 12-15
The God of the Bible is called the God of Abraham. Abraham was called the friend of God. Hebrews tells us, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from the Tower of Babel? – Genesis 11
The first half of the book of Genesis is about four great events: Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. Babel means confusion. God is not the…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Noah? – Genesis 6
Noah’s ark is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. While the flood is often known as a sweet children’s story, it is really a story about judgment.…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from Adam and Eve’s Sin? – Genesis 3
The Bible, although made up of many books, is one story. Genesis is the first book that begins this story. It is foundational. If we don’t understand Genesis, we will…
READ MOREWhat Can I Learn from the Biblical Story of Creation? – Genesis 1-2
The word “Genesis” means beginning. In Genesis, we find the fundamental foundational truths for life. Psalm 11:3 says, “If the foundations are destroyed what can the righteous do?” It’s so…
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