The Man God Mastered 5: Touched by an Angel (Genesis 32)
Jacob's struggle with the angel at the River Jabbok reveals to him the meaning of his life and points us to the destiny of the nation Israel and the meaning of our own bitter disappointments.
Kingdom Thoughts
The Man God Mastered 4: Marriage and Family (Genesis 29:1–31:13)
Jacob arrives at Haran and falls in love with Rachel. The story of his becoming a family raises many questions that still trouble us. It is a harrowing story, but out of it came blessings which are still affecting the world
The Man God Mastered 3: Divine Encounter (Genesis 28)
Perhaps the best of C.S. Lewis’s insightful books is one called A Pilgrim’s Regress. It is inspired by John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, and tells the story of a young man’s journey to find the great dream of his life. It…
What is marriage?
What is marriage? For millennia it has been understood as the union of a man and a woman entered into for life, most often with the intention of having children and being a family. Understood in this way marriage has…
The Man God Mastered 2: Blessing (Genesis 27:1–40)
At the end of his life Isaac attempts to bestow his blessing on Esau. But he is fighting God. This sermon explores the nature of his blessing and how it still affects us today.