Posts with the category “redemption”

March 1, 1950, started like any other Wednesday evening at Westside Baptist Church in Beatrice, Nebraska. The choir was scheduled to meet at 7:25 p.m. sharp—the director was known for her punctuality. But that night, something strange happened. Every single member of the fifteen-person choir was running late.The pastor had to iron his daughter's dress after a dinner mishap. Two sisters had car tro...  Read More

The story found in Genesis 27 is one of the most uncomfortable passages in Scripture. It's a narrative filled with deception, favoritism, lies, and family betrayal. There's no hero in this chapter—no character to admire or emulate. Yet somehow, this broken family line becomes the very lineage through which Jesus would eventually come. This question haunts many of us who wrestle with our own past m...  Read More