Jacob lets others handle matters in his place with devastating results.
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Episode 45: Patriarchal Passivity
Episode 44: Tricksters
Does Jacob’s story echo throughout the various stories about tricksters? Did Jesus’ disciples think for a time that he might have played a trick on them?
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Episode 41: Wrestling with God
Jacob wrestles a mysterious man overnight and emerges a new man at dawn.
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Episode 40: Slow Realization
Change is slow when it comes to the soul. But a slow realization begins to come over Jacob and Laban.
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Episode 39: Failed Tests and a Gracious God
Rachel and Leah are tested, and they fail.
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Episode 38: Life Interrupted
Jacob’s wedding gets interrupted…which interrupts his life!
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Episode 37: Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob has a dream involving a blessing, but he is still trying to negotiate with God.
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Episode 36: Three Tricks
Jacob is called the “Favored Cheat” for a reason. But he isn’t the only schemer in his family. In this episode, Drew discusses three tricks in the covenant family that leads to complete disarray.
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Episode 35: To Have and Have Not
Drew continues his series on the life of Jacob, discussing Esau’s foolish bargain in which a bowl of soup was exchanged for his birthright.
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Episode 34: “The Perplexing Will of God”
Drew begins his series entitled “Favored Cheat: The Life of Jacob.” In this episode, he talks about the birth of Jacob and Esau, their parents’ confusion, and how this helps us deal with our own confusion over the perplexing will of God.
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