This lesson includes quite disturbing material, serious problems in Jacob’s

family. While it might be tempting to skip over troubling stories that

involve exploitation, violence, vengeance and unrestrained passion, there

are important lessons to learn here as well....

After cheating his twin brother of his birthright and blessing twenty years

earlier, Jacob finds himself in big trouble. He learns that Esau (who had

previously wanted to kill him) is approaching Jacob's family with 400 men.

What kind of man has our deceptive, conniving Jacob become...

This is a short epilogue to our lesson about Jacob's strange encounter with God in Exodus 32. In it Chuck explores the concept of theophany, or an appearance of God. If you haven't heard that lesson yet, you can listen to it here: https://walking-by-faith.simplecast.com/episodes/jacob-wrestles-with-god-genesis-32

Jacob’s twenty years in Mesopotamia was a time of great trial and

suffering. There is much to learn from Jacob’s experience and how it

transformed him, as well as the role suffering is to play in the life of a

Christian....

In this story, crafty Jacob gets a big surprise from his Uncle Laban.  As

Jacob builds his family, God works through trials and blessings to teach

Jacob important lessons and to prepare Jacob for His purposes.  This lesson

offers insights into....

n Genesis 28 we find Jacob asleep, his head on a rock. Jacob dreams of a

ladder that leads to heaven, with the Lord speaking from above, and angels

descending and ascending on the ladder.  He wakes up and anoints his rock

pillow....