Good Father, Bad Father

Good Father, Bad Father

“It happened at that time that Judah went down from his brothers and turned aside to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her, and she conceived and bore a son,...
Sin & the Family

Sin & the Family

“In the course of time, Judah arranged for his firstborn son, Er, to marry a young woman named Tamar. But Er was a wicked man in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord took his life.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭38‬:‭6‬-‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬ James Boice once wrote that a question that should be openly...
How Cruel We Can Be

How Cruel We Can Be

“When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not in the pit, he tore his clothes and returned to his brothers and said, “The boy is gone, and I, where shall I go?” Then they took Joseph’s robe and slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. And...
Self-righteousness & Whining

Self-righteousness & Whining

“Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. Then Midianite...
Sin & Grace in Our Father’s World

Sin & Grace in Our Father’s World

“Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.” Genesis 37:25 ESV After kidnapping their brother and throwing him into a waterless...
Overcome Evil With Good

Overcome Evil With Good

“So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.”  Genesis 37:23-24 ESV A point to ponder for all of us is the reality of...