Join us each week for a brief encouraging word from Pastor Roger Hirth or one of our associate pastors.

Welcome to the “Wrap Party” where we dive a little deeper into Sunday's message. Tune in as we discuss the sermon.

-Featuring Pastor Loïs

Let's look at Genesis 38-39 with primary attention to Joseph’s “crucible”: how private obedience under temptation shapes character and points forward to Christ. Pastor Lois contrasts Judah’s moral failure in the Tamar episode with Joseph’s faithfulness in Egypt and extracts practical and theological lessons about resisting sin when no one is watching.

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-Featuring Loïs Renaud

Pastor Roger uses the life of Joseph to argue that God’s providence governs even the confusing and painful chapters of our lives. Preaching from Genesis 37 with Genesis 50 as an interpretive lens, we see Joseph’s dreams, betrayal, and exile as part of a larger redemptive plan rather than meaningless misfortune.

Key Takeaways

-Featuring Roger Hirth

Join us each week for a brief encouraging word from Pastor Roger Hirth or one of our associate pastors.

In this sermon, we're introduced to Joseph as a type of Christ. Joseph is loved and sent by his father, rejected and sold by his brothers, falsely accused and imprisoned, then exalted and used to save those who once rejected him. This pattern mirrors the sending and saving mission of the Son, who was sent by the Father to redeem the world, and it echoes Christ’s humility and exaltation as described in Philippians. The point is emphatic: Joseph is not Jesus, but he is a divinely placed sign pointing forward to Christ.

-Featuring Bryan Ost

Join us each week for a brief encouraging word from Pastor Roger Hirth or one of our associate pastors.

Genesis 35 opens not with God's rejection, but with His gracious call. In this message, we follow Jacob's journey back to God and discover that God's grace not only calls His people to return, but also reminds them who they are, sustains them through life's deepest sorrows, and warns them against the rival paths that promise quicker progress apart from Him.

Key Takeaways:

-God graciously calls His people to return—no matter how far compromise has taken them.

-Featuring Ray Grubbs

Welcome to the “Wrap Party” where we dive a little deeper into Sunday's message. Tune in as we discuss the sermon.

-Featuring Pastor Loïs

Tune is as Pastor Loïs unpacks the tragedy of Genesis 34. We see that private sin and failed leadership have communal consequences, and that Christ alone rightly addresses such ruin. This sermon is organized around three character-types to show how lust, apathy, and vengeance combine to devastate families and nations, then points forward to Jesus and calls the congregation to repentance and active faith.

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-Featuring Loïs Renaud