Isaac isn't a "big personality" but he is a flawed-but-faithful patriarch nonetheless. Genesis 26 flashes back to his life to show us what his son, Esau, was missing out on by despising his birthright.

In a culture that says, "Follow your heart" - what is the human heart? Why do we need to guard it? How do we guard it? Here we consider the answers to these questions.

There are plenty of role models for us in Scripture, plenty of men and women that we are encouraged to follow and emulate. But the Bible also says that we must NOT be like Esau (Hebrews 12:17). Esau lived for the cares of this world; instead we must live for the world to come.

Proverbs takes the form of a father urgently and passionately appealing to his children to walk in the way of wisdom. There much that we might want to "get" in this world: a good job, good experiences, social acceptance. But here we are given three reasons why, above all, we must "get wisdom".

We resume our long-running series on Genesis with the lives of two more patriarchs, Isaac and Jacob. These men were far from perfect, but through them, God continues to fulfil his covenant promises, providing salvation for sinners.

Are Christians missing out? Is what the Bible calls "wisdom" just no fun? Here we consider the true life, riches, joy and protection that comes from the way of wisdom.

King Jesus calls followers into his kingdom. Just as with the first four disciples, his call today is:

1. Personal

2. Costly: a) Because of What We Leave Behind

b) Because of What We Have to Do

3. Encouraging

Have you responded to the Call of your King?

The Way of Wisdom is the way of blessing - but it is also demanding. It demands humility, obedience and trust, things that don't come naturally to fallen human beings. But the rewards for the wisely-lived life far outweigh the sacrifices.

We all know how important prayer is; yet we also know how hard we often find it. Here we consider some of the "basics" of prayer and how we can fuel a healthy prayer life.

Proverbs 1-9 often pictures Wisdom as a woman, calling out and urging passers by to gain life from her. But the world also calls out, offering a different path, which ultimately is foolish and deathly. Whose call will we heed?