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Jacob E6 - Battle

37:54

Jacob E5 - Brides & Babies

Jacob E2 - Birthright

34:47

Joseph E1 - Down

Joseph is his father's favorite son. He has a colorful robe and big dreams. But instead of rising up, his life takes on downward turn after another. He goes down into a pit, down to Egypt, and down into prison. And yet through all the "downs", the loyal love and presence of God was with Joseph.
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42:35

Joseph E1 - Down

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Joseph is his father's favorite son. He has a colorful robe and big dreams. But instead of rising up, his life takes one downward turn after another. He goes down into a pit, down to Egypt, and down into prison. And yet through all the "downs", the loyal love and presence of God was with Joseph.

37:54

Jacob E6 - Battle

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Jacob returns home after 20 years. The night before he is about to see Esau again, he is left alone until a mysterious stranger comes to wrestle with him until daybreak. Jacob has been the heel grabber from the womb, but the real person he was wrestling with throughout his life wasn't his brother Esau or his uncle Laban, it was the Lord. And this wrestling match with God changes his life and hi...

35:51

Jacob E5 - Brides & Babies

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In exile for 20 years working for his uncle Laban, God continues his deep transformative work in Jacob's life. The deceiver is himself deceived, but God's plan to redeem the world is at work through this growing family.

40:45

Jacob E4 - Bethel

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Jacob goes on the run, fleeing from Esau's wrath. When it seems like he has lost everything, he is met by God in a dream where heaven and earth come together. Often in life, it's in our darkest moments that God reveals himself to us the most.

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Jacob E3 - Blessing

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In our world, talk is cheap. But here Jacob deceives his own aging father to receive a blessing, a blessing that will alter the course of his life and his family for generations. Isaac, though wrongfully deceived, is carrying out the purposes of God. Like Isaac we are caught up in a story much bigger than we are, a story where God uses all things to move forward his story with the world.

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Jacob E2 - Birthright

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The brothers, Hairy and Heel, are at it again. Jacob takes advantage of his brother in a moment of need and Esau trades his birthright to gulp down a bowl of soup. Who would trade their rich inheritance in God for a single moment of pleasure? Sadly, we all do it all the time. But in Christ, we are offered a better meal, one that satisfies our hearts forever.

34:46

Abraham & Isaac E6 - Yahweh’s Provision

19 часов назад

Yahweh asks Abraham to do the unthinkable: sacrifice his own son, the son he waited decades for. But at this point in his journey, Abraham fully trusts the Lord. And of course, God provides a ram. The explosive truth revealed in this story is that Yahweh is not like the other gods demanding sacrifices, because Yahweh provides his own sacrifice.

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Abraham & Isaac E5 - Yahweh’s Power

19 часов назад

After decades of waiting, God's promise comes to pass, and Isaac is born. His name means laughter, because God brings abundant joy out of their sorrow and shame. This is the God who is faithful to fulfill his promises, and he brings life out of dead places.

33:58

Abraham & Isaac E4 - Yahweh’s Priest

19 часов назад

Abraham operates in the "family business" that he is called to in blessing the nations. In this story, he stands in the gap as a priest for a wicked people. We learn something fascinating about God: he allows a righteous few to save the sinful many.

28:00

Abraham & Isaac E3 - Yahweh's Sign

19 часов назад

God reiterates his covenant to Abram by giving him a new name: Abraham. And he asks Abraham to set himself apart through a physical sign: circumcision. This physical marker will set him and his descendants apart, not just as a removal of skin from the body, but as a cutting away of the old life, so they could be set apart for God.

29:27

Abraham & Isaac E2 - Yahweh's Sight

19 часов назад

Growing older in age, Abraham and Sarah attempt to bring about God's promises on their own terms. As a result, Sarah's slave Hagar gets deeply wounded. But God's value system is different than ours. Here this runaway slave with no answers and no hope finds out that God sees her. And not only does God see her, she gets to see God.

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Abraham & Isaac E1 - Yahweh’s Covenant

19 часов назад

God has made big promises to Abraham and his descendants. But how can Abraham know they will come to pass? He is an old man without a single child. God's proof is a covenant. In this fascinating encounter with the Lord, Abraham sees the covenant God put his own life on the line to guarantee his word.

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In the Beginning E6 - Abraham

19 часов назад

Genesis 1-11 deals with global events, describing the brokenness of humanity and the curse of sin on a massive scale. But the Story of God takes a huge turn in Genesis 12. God's solution to the curse is a people of blessing. God chooses a man named Abraham. His family will be at the center of the God's Story with the world. Through his descendants, the whole world will be redeemed.