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The story of Jacob’s life is the longest of the patriarch’s of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Yet Jacob’s life is filled with downs and ups, but more downs. He is a deceiver and schemer, he lies and steals, and he deals with consequences. He wrestles with everyone for what he wants–with his brother for supremacy, […]

Trusting in God to provide, very late in his life, Abraham calls his servant to go to the land of his kinsman to find a wife for his son Isaac. The servant goes, faithfully obeying Abraham and fully trusting the Lord to provide. And at a well, the scene of Ancient Near Eastern betrothal narratives, […]

East of Eden, Adam and Eve begin a family, first Cain is born, then Abel. In the course of team they grow, enter vocations and bring their offerings to the Lord God. But Cain’s offering is not accepted as Abel’s. Why? Who was Cain actually worshipping and serving, himself or God? God confronts Cain’s displeasure […]

To know who we are and what to do (how to live), we need to know what story we are in. Genesis 1:1-2:3 is the account of the creation of the world in poetic verse as the author, God, reveals himself. The story begins as God calls the world into being (Genesis 1-11) and then […]

On Missions Sunday, Dean Miller shares about the wide love of Jesus. Able to open his arms to welcome in the despised outcast Zacchaeus–who responded in faith and repentant transformation. This Jesus invites all of us in, regardless of how we think we fit in. And it calls all of us to go out in […]