How can you have good character and God’s blessing in your career and public life, and yet have private weaknesses and failures. Does one cancel out the other?

Who is qualified to lead, to be a shepherd of people? Why did God choose David? He evaluated him based on his heart. In a world of social comparison, focus on character, not achievement.

Genesis 26:1-11. God provided for Isaac because of his faith. He protected him despite his major failure because of His mercy.

Both Joseph and Jesus, beloved sons, suffered unjustly. Lessons and hope from Genesis 37:1-11.

Isaac and Rebekah started well, trusting God to give them children. But as parents they developed very different values. It caused division in the family and heartbreak. Genesis 25:27-34

Listen to Tim’s sermon from Genesis 37:11; 42: 18-24; Luke 2:41-51

Both Joseph and Jesus experienced unjust suffering that God used to refine and prepare them to lead people effectively. Have you been disappointed or confused because of suffering in your life or the life of someone you love? This lesson from Joseph and Jesus can help you make sense of it.

When a foolish man, Balaam, decided to disobey God, his donkey spoke to him with God’s message.

Three stories of three donkeys, three people, and three stories of death and resurrection, pointing us to Jesus.

Donkeys left the presence of an unfit leader, King Saul. They were safer lost than under his care.

These pigs refused to be controlled by evil.