May 10, 2024

Jacob, more than anyone else in his family, knew the importance of dreams. He wasn’t too far removed from his father’s house when he had a dream in an area that would eventually be known as Bethel (Genesis 28). His grandfather Abraham had a night vision where he made a direct covenant with God concerning […]

One of my earliest Bible class memories is making a “coat of many colors” craft. I would assume a lot of people reading this have similar memories of their own childhood. It’s a fun story to tell with children, but in reality, the moment Joseph put that coat on, he might as well have painted

With the story of Jacob and Esau firmly in the rear view mirror, the Bible’s attention now turns towards the next great patriarch: Joseph. We remember Joseph because of all the great moments. His coat of many colors. The interpretations of various dreams. Saving his family — and millions of people — from starvation during

Esau was a wealthy man. But Esau was not a very righteous man. That may sound like a delineation that isn’t worth mentioning, but I think it’s really important to point, especially in a world that so closely links cause and effect. Let me explain a little more of what I’m talking about. In our

“These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of [c]the Edomites in the hill country of Seir” Thus begins a long list of names and places and children and grandchildren of Esau. If you’ve reached this point in the book of Genesis, it would probably be very tempting to just skip to Genesis 37,