Adult Pastor Ron King starts a new series focusing on the women found in Jesus's genealogy.

And today, we begin with Tamar.

Her story comes at you fast. It's surprising, uncomfortable, and honest. It's the kind of chapter you don't expect to find in the ancestry of Jesus. A family in freefall. A woman trapped, mistreated, forgotten. A man running from God. And in the middle of it all… a grace that refuses to look away.

Tamar's life forces us to wrestle with something both humbling and hopeful: God does some of His most extraordinary work in the very places we'd rather skip over. In the failures. In the fractures. And in the moments that should have ended the story — but didn't.

So as you listen, let your heart stay open to this truth: If God can redeem that family, He can redeem yours. If He can bring hope out of Tamar's darkness, He can bring hope out of yours.

Thank you for listening to this message from Northwest Hills Community Church in Corvallis, Oregon, on November 23, 2025, at 9:30am. You can find us online at nwhills.com.

Key Moments

• 00:00 Welcome
• 01:15 Message: Unexpected Grace
• 02:54 Judah and Tamar's Background
• 14:21 Tamar's Desperate Plan
• 19:20 Lessons from Tamar's Story
• 29:19 Call to Faith and Repentance
• 31:24 Closing and Farewell