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Jacob’s Poem of Blessing Concludes 13 Zebulun will live by the seashore and will be a harbor for ships, and his territory will be next to Sidon. 14 Issachar is a strong donkey lying down between the saddlebags. 15 He saw that his resting place was good and that the land was pleasant, so he leaned his…

Introduction One of the greatest fears in medicine is a condition that looks healthy on the outside but is actually life-threatening on the inside. A person can appear fine while a silent disease is destroying them. James says something like that: There is a kind of faith that looks real. It sounds Christian.…

Yehudah. 8 Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you. 9 Judah is a young lion— my son, you return from the kill. He crouches; he lies down like a lion or a lioness—who dares to rouse him? 10 The scepter will not depart…

Introduction Every culture has an invisible ranking system. We may pretend we don't, but we do. I often call it our Bias nature We rank people by education. By income. By success. By appearance. By influence. By political agreement. By race. By social media followers. By whether they can help us. Sometimes…

Introduction Most people own at least one Bible. Many own several. We have study Bibles, phone apps, podcasts, YouTube sermons, commentaries, Bible studies, conferences, and endless Christian content. Yet America has never had more access to Scripture while looking less like Christ. James asks a very…

Yaaqov’s Blessing on His Twelve Sons We're gonna move into Genesis 49 now, and this is the moment where Yaaqov is going to bring together not just Yoseph and his sons, but all of the tribes. We are moving into part two of the center of the third and final act of the Yoseph story. And this chapter is…

Introduction One of the oldest questions people ask is this: "Why did I do that?" Have you ever found yourself saying: "I knew it was wrong." "I promised I'd never do it again." "I don't know what came over me." Whenever we fail spiritually, we naturally look for someone else to blame. Adam blamed Eve.…

Ephraim and Manasseh In verse 10 of chapter 48, about how his eyes are not working very great, he can't see very well. And you're like, "Wait a minute, wait a minute." So we're recalling Isaac's nearly blind eyes. He was in his tent, he thought he was about to die. And this is the moment where Yaaqov…

James 1:5-11 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not…

Jacob Blesses Joseph’s Sons We are about to get to the center of the final act, which is where we're gonna find a bunch of blessings and even a curse. And what we're gonna do is set the stage for the blessings at the center here with matching stories that are on either side of them, which is about Yaaqov…