The gift of pain and what it means if Jesus didn't rise from the dead. Technical issues have a small portion in the middle missing.

Exploring the attributes of King Jesus and His Triumphal Entry.

Using the story of Judah's sons and Tamar to examine the difference between wounded and broken people.

There are two paths in life. Which one you choose will greatly affect your life.

Today we begin the transition from Jacob to Joseph. Joseph is a stalwart of the faith. More chapters are given to him than any other character in Genesis. Yet, when God introduces Himself to Moses, He introduces Himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God can use crooked sticks to draw straight lines.

How do you define success? In Genesis 36 it seems like Esau is the one who is blessed, but the author invites us to compare the two all the way to the New Testament.

I loved my grandparents, but my kids never knew them. I never knew my great grandparents. In a generation or two, we will be totally forgotten. All our accomplishments, all our failures, everything we built...forgotten. The only thing that will last is our relationship with God.

When someone wrongs you, do you trust in God, or take revenge. Not forgiving and punishing others reveals a lack of faith.

In chapter 32 we saw God change Jacob's name to Israel. Jacob was a schemer and manipulator. Jacob believed the promise, but thought he had so scheme to receive it. Israel had finally surrendered to God. In Chapter 33 Jacob will have to decided, is he Jacob or Israel? Will he live by his new identity or the old one? Will he live by faith or fear?

When you were born did you come out running? Maybe talking? Of course not, it took time. Often when we put our trust in God, we think we will start running with faith, but just like it took time to learn to walk, it takes time to learn to live with faith.