Sermon Central
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"Jacob"
Contributed by Victor Yap on Nov 8, 2003 (message contributor)
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1. What To Do With What You Have
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
Jacob: Wrestling With God and Man, Pt. 1
JACOB: WRESTLING WITH GOD AND MAN Jacob was a clever and crafty, colorful and captivating, calculative but complex character. Jacob is not our model, neither are his methods and marriages. His motivation was indefensible, his mistakes were glaring, and his misery dogged him. However, readers who ...read more
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2. The End Does Not Justify The Means
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
Jacob: Wrestling with God and Man, Pt. 2
THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS (GEN 27:1-46) //The new science of siblings Time July 10, 2006 Katherine Conger of the University of California, Davis, “devised a study to test how widespread favoritism is. She assembled a group of 34 adolescent sibling pairs and their parents, visiting them ...read more
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3. Better Late Than Never
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
Jacob: Wrestling with God and Man, Pt. 3
“BETTER LATE THAN NEVER” (GEN 28:10-29:13) A Chinese fable tells of the owl’s flight to the east to escape its neighbors, who were increasingly tired and vocal of the bird’s incessant noise in the night. As it was packing, the owl met a pigeon, which asked: “Where are you going? Why are you in ...read more
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4. What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
Jacob: Wrestling with God and Man, Pt. 4
WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER (GEN 29:15-30, 31:36-42) Charles Sykes, a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Institute, a public policy think tank, didn’t like the way his fellow citizens whine, evade responsibility, and point fingers. The infamous 19991 Los Angeles riot was a case in ...read more
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5. Bygones Are Bygones
Contributed on Nov 8, 2003
Jacob: Wrestling with God and Man, Final Part
BYGONES ARE BYGONES (GEN 32:1-15, 32:22-33:12) One of my favorite comedies is "Groundhog Day," a make-believe story about a weather man, Phil Conners, who had a bad attitude, an obnoxious personality, and a razor tongue. For the fourth straight year, he was assigned on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, to ...read more