These blogs are short Scriptural teachings and are othen devotional in nature.
That was one of my favorite books as a kid. As a dad, I read it to my girls. It is just a fun story. The monsters are big and ugly but they aren’t too scary. I don’t ever remember being scared of monsters hiding in the dark, but for some people, darkness intensifies their […]
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“I was afraid.” About twenty years after arriving at Uncle Laban’s house, Jacob decides to go back home. There was constant tension between him and his uncle. Jacob’s family and fortune had grown quite large. Did he also remember God’s promise to bring him back home? Rather than letting Laban know his intentions, Jacob loaded
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One of my favorite parts of the Jacob story is when he hooks up with his Uncle Laban. While Jacob might be an amateur con-artist, Laban is a professional. Laban takes advantage of young Jacob in spectacular ways. The most interesting way that Laban deceives Jacob is on his wedding night. Jacob had fallen head over
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A few years later, Jacob shafted Esau again, this time with the help of their mother. I don’t want to rush through this. Jacob not only took advantage of Esau, he also took advantage of their old invalid father. He and his mother concocted a plan to deceive the almost blind, bedridden Isaac. In so doing,
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Esau traded his birthright, his future, his destiny for a bowl of soup. In a very real sense, that is what Adam and Eve did. “The tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her.” They traded freedom for bondage. I have had the privilege of doing
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The first clear window into Jacob’s character occurs one day with his brother. Esau comes home hungry. The hunting hasn’t been good and he asks for some of soup that Jacob had whipped up. Jacob uses this opportunity to take advantage of his brother. Remember, Jacob’s name means, “supplanter or deceiver.” It could even refer
Just a Normal Jewish Family? The story of Esau and Jacob has always fascinated me. This was a very dysfunctional family. If they had television back then, I am sure that they would have made it onto The Jerry Springer Show or even had their own reality show. If I am honest, I have to
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The last leader that we will examine that can trace his salvation to Paul’s letter to the Romans is John Wesley. By all accounts, John Wesley thought he was a Christian. At the age of five, he almost died when his parent’s house caught fire and burned to the ground. The fact that he did not perish made
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Another leader that was influenced heavily by Paul’s letter to the Romans was Martin Luther. Martin was a German monk who was scared of thunderstorms. He was originally going to be a lawyer, but one night while he was riding his horse home, he was caught out in the open in a severe thunderstorm and almost killed.
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Paul’s letter to the Romans has been significant throughout Church History. At least three famous and influential leaders were brought to faith because of this letter. The first one that I will mention is Augustine. His Confessions is one of the most powerful pieces of Christian literature that has ever been produced next to the Bible. I
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