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The Gate of Heaven

Oct 30, 2011

The Gate of Heaven

Tim Theule | Genesis 28 | 10/30/2011

Genesis 28, like all the texts in the Jacob narrative, is strange and intriguing. Here Jacob encounters the Lord in a vision of the “gate of heaven.” This text looks back to Genesis 11 and forward to John 1:51, all the while pointing us to our “gate of...

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Jacob's Desire and Deceit

Oct 23, 2011

Jacob’s Desire and Deceit

Tim Theule | Genesis 27 | 10/23/2011

Jacob, like all of us, is a man desperately trying to fill a hole in his heart. He rightly desires the blessing of God, but wrongly deceives to get it. And when he gets it, it is not what he expected. Often the blessings of God are disguised to...

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The Older Shall Serve the Younger

Oct 9, 2011

The Older Shall Serve the Younger

Tim Theule | Genesis 25:21-34 | 10/9/2011

 

We begin our study of Jacob’s life in Genesis 25:21-34, with a walk through Jacob’s stranger birth, troubled upbringing, and emerging struggle with...

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The Retirement of Isaac

Oct 2, 2011

The Retirement of Isaac

Tim Theule | Genesis 25-27 | 10/2/2011

Our series is entitled, “The Life of Jacob” but before we get to Jacob, we need to take a quick look at Isaac.  A quick look, because that’s all the Bible gives us.  What does it mean that there’s only a chapter on the life of Isaac?...

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