Almost 2,000 years ago Joseph and Mary journeyed to Bethlehem. Approximately 2,040 years before, Jacob and Rachel, another expectant couple, traveled south along the same road. Rachel gave birth to Benjamin, but died soon after delivery, and Jacob buried her near Bethlehem (Genesis 35:19). Rachel’s death foreshadowed the devastation that the territory of Benjamin would […]
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Do Not Quarrel on the Way
The story of Joseph’s rise to power in Egypt is remarkable. Joseph was the eleventh of Jacob’s sons, but his firstborn by Rachel. Jacob favoured Joseph, and his brothers all resented him for it. Betrayed into slavery in Egypt by his jealous brothers, and imprisoned unjustly on the testimony of a frustrated seductress, the future […]
Read MoreCharacter: It’s Been Buried Long Enough
Consider the words of Solomon: “He who walks in integrity walks securely, / But he who perverts his ways will be found out” (Proverbs 10:9). Before reading on, go back and read that again. By the time Job had reared his family, established himself in the business world, and gotten up in years, he had […]
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