This week’s training notes: This week, your group will be studying Unit 3, Session 5, A Family Preserved, which focuses on the story of Joseph and how God uses adversity and even the evil actions of people to bring about good. So here are your three things to know, read, and do as you prepare for this week’s session:...

The story of Joseph is packed full of moments that resonate with us. Maybe you were the favorite child or the favorite child’s sibling. Some people resonate with being cast away from family or being undeservingly welcomed into a new family. Some resonate with finding favor with an enemy or showing favor to an enemy. In Joseph’s story, we...

There is a common trend on social media to use the hashtag #TransformationTuesday and post photos of what you used to look like versus what you look like now. Another hashtag used is #GlowUp where people post photos of how much more attractive they are now then when they were younger. These posts are used for a number of...

This week’s training notes: This week, your group will be studying Unit 3, Session 4, A Plan Unhindered. This session is a quick survey of the fracturing of Isaac’s family, the brokenness that severs the relationship between Jacob and Esau, and how God’s plan to bless the world continued, even in spite of the sin and dysfunction of HIs...

Jacob’s journey in Genesis is one of unexpected and undeserved blessing after blessing. With a name that literally means “he cheats,” Jacob was a surprising recipient of the privilege and opportunity God gave him. Jacob was a cheater, a liar, and a deceiver. He was quiet and not strongly gifted. And he was gullible, too. We cannot miss that...

In the story of Abraham leading his son up Mt. Moriah to sacrifice him at the request of God, Abraham knew that he would return with his Son. God the Father knew the same when he sent his Son to the cross. One of the main differences between those two stories, though, is that there was a substitute for...