I love the story of Jacob recorded for us in the book of beginnings, Genesis. He is quite the character! He started his self-promotion early on and he got named ...

Long before the Incarnation, Scripture gave us signs — and Jacob’s ladder is one of the clearest glimpses of the Word made ...

When Rebekah, the twins’ mother, heard about the plan of Isaac, the twins’ father, to bless Esau, his favorite, she informed Jacob, her favorite, to steal the blessing by impersonating Esau. “And she ...

In Genesis 14, Abram is blessed by the priest-king Melchizedek ... Abram has a son named Isaac, and Isaac is the father of Esau and Jacob. Esau, the first-born, sells his birth-right to Jacob ...

That was an aggressive faith move, but God likes aggressiveness. God blessed Jacob, who faced Esau without a problem, and God prospered Jacob. In Luke 18:1-8, Jesus tells a story about always praying ...

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The story of Jacob’s wrestling match reminds every believer: spiritual victory often comes through honest struggle.

No longer a slave community serving the Egyptians, they were brought by God out of Egypt to their own land. God made a ...