Let’s return for a moment to Jacob, alone on the muddy bank of the Jabbok. If he wants a blessing…
Sometimes the Lord has to put us between a rock and a hard place to break our stubborn will. I…
Laban made things so difficult that Jacob finally decided to take his family and return home (Genesis 31:1-2). “Then the…
Although the Lord bestowed grace on Jacob (Romans 9:11-12) that does not mean that he got away scot-free. We reap…
If you want to see God’s grace in action study the life of Jacob. He was a con man and…
Although David committed some unspeakably sins we do not remember him as an adulterer or a murderer. Unlike so many…
It’s a terrible thing to realize you are not the godly person others think you are. Even worse to realize…
David’s adulterous affair with Bathsheba is a painful case study in how a godly man falls prey to temptation (2…
Given David’s giftedness—he was a musician, a poet, a fearless warrior and an inspiring leader—it is hard to imagine that…
When John Steinbeck was writing “East of Eden,” he began each writing day with a letter to his friend and…