Genesis 30 continues the story of Jacob's season of exile, focusing on the sibling rivalry between his sister-wives, Rachel and Leah. As so often, the underlying question is: will humans try to make the good for themselves, or trust God to make the good for them? Listen in!

Weekend teaching: Concord

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When Jacob reunites with his mother’s side of the family in Haran, things start out well, but quickly turn sour. Our trickster Jacob is tricked into an awkward love triangle and years of harsh labor he hadn’t planned on. Join us for this week’s conversation as we go deeper into this biblical story from Genesis 29, full of ironies and poetic justice.

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

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The night before Jacob confronts his past he has a tortured, sleepless night, wrestling until dawn with a shadowy figure who, by the end, he’ll realize is God himself. In this week’s convo, we take a closer look at the identity transformation Jacob undergoes in the process of becoming “Israel,” and talk about why God often meets us in seasons of transition. Listen in!

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
• A Screwtape Letter for the 21st Century by Jefrey Breshears
• The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist

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In today’s special Kids Episode, two of The Bay’s sharpest young people join us for a closer look at Genesis 25 and 27, two stories in the early life of Jacob when he uses food to cheat his brother Esau out of his identity. Listen in!

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

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Jacob is a brawler—even before he’s born! This week we begin Season 4 of our study in Genesis, called “Jacob: The Odyssey of a Trickster,” and the first story about him in Genesis 25 sets a life trajectory of both struggle and redemption. Join us as we begin our relationship with this most unlikely of patriarchs.

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

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Genesis 24 is a novella about how Abraham finds a wife for his son Isaac. The matchmaking occurs at a well (a special setting in the Bible) and the young lady, Rebecca, shows through her remarkable generosity and faith that she’s a lot like Abraham himself, her future father-in-law. Join us for this week’s special Youth Episode, as we talk with The Bay Church students about all this and more!

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• Couple riding a camel

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In Genesis 22, God puts Abraham to the ultimate test: whom does he love more, God, or his own beloved son, Isaac? This short story is packed with emotional and psychological drama, and also has great theological significance for Jews and Christians. Join us for this week’s convo, as we go Deeper in this story of Abraham’s “ultimate test.”

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard
• Confessions by Augustine of Hippo
• Fellowship of Differents by Scot McKnight
• Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son by Jon Levenson

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Our study of Abraham continues by looking at his unflinching obedience to put a sign of the covenant on his actual body: circumcision. What does this ritual mean in Genesis 17, in Genesis and the Old Testament as a whole, and how did the early followers of Jesus understand it? Join us for this week’s convo!

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

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After God leads them to the Promised Land in Genesis 12, Abram and Sarai almost immediately flee to Egypt during a famine, where they lie about their relationship, offend their foreign hosts, and are expelled. What is the meaning of this strange little episode, and why do similar stories appear in Chapters 20 and 26 of Genesis? Join us for this week’s convo in Deeper!

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus: How the Torah fulfills its goal in Yeshua by Seth Postell

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Is God funny? Are there jokes in the Bible? Why is Abraham’s son called, basically, “Laughter”? Today’s episode looks at a moment of comic relief in the book of Genesis, considering not only the passage itself, but important themes that spin out of it: surprise, resurrection, and God’s love.

Weekend teaching: Brentwood & Concord

Other helpful links:

• The Great Code: The Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye

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