The Well: Sermon Video

Embracing the gospel is a key foundational practice to a healthy spiritual life. Today we discuss sanctification and what it looks like to embrace the gospel over time.Interested in diving deeper into Foundations? Register for the next session. Speaker: Mike Cirricione

Embracing the gospel is a key foundational practice to a healthy spiritual life. Today we discuss justification and what it looks like to embrace the gospel at a point in time.Interested in diving deeper into Foundations? Register for the next session. Speaker: Josh Hawley

Was Jacob's life a failure or a success? As Jacob reflects on his own life, we see that his failures and shortcomings don't determine God's view of him. You don't forfeit your identity because of your missteps; God is the only one who can evaluate and determine your worth. Speaker: Mike Slayden

In Genesis 34 we see the unfortunate consequences of Jacob's choices that extend far beyond himself. Speaker: Brad Bell

Chapter 33 is about Jacob facing his past. Although it is painful, facing the past is necessary, as demonstrated in Jacob and Esau's reconciliation.  Speaker: Mike Cirricione

Jacob walks away from Laban into something much worse, back to Esau. When Jacob tries to use his own cunning to manipulate the situation, God reminds him who he should really fear. God does for Jacob what God wishes to do for us; God brings Jacob to a place of breaking, God blesses him, and God gives him a new name.   Speaker: Mike Slayden

As the saga of Jacob and his wives develops into the saga of Jacob and his descendants, God is faithful even through the disfunction. No matter what choices you have made, the same God that is faithful to work in the life of Jacob can work in your life today.  Speaker: Brad Bell

Jacob's name means 'deceiver,' and when Jacob meets Laban, he gets a taste of his own medicine. God put Laban in Jacob's life to kill the Laban in Jacob. The difference between Jacob and us is that we have hope in a faithful God that sent us Jesus Christ, the savior of the world, to set us free from the mastery of sin and death.  Speaker: Brad Bell

Jacob's deception cost him nearly everything except the favor of God. God is faithful to meet us where we are at, even when we come to a place of breaking at the end of ourselves. Speaker: Brad Bell

While Isaac's life began with profound experiences with God, his life as a patriarch ended in disobedience and catastrophe. His story goes to show that our family of origin shapes us but does not define us. The gospel makes us new, and it takes godly wisdom to shape the next generation.  Speaker: Brad Bell