Podcast Episodes

How You Can Avoid Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry.

Genesis 27:34

No one wants their life to end the way Esau’s did. So how can we avoid Esau’s plunge …

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

“Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.”

Genesis 27:29

The promise God gave to Abraham now belonged to Jacob. Try to imagine the scene a few moments later when Esau arr…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

What Happened to Esau’s Blessing

He [Isaac] said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

Genesis 27:24

One day Isaac told Esau to go and prepare a meal for him, and after that Isaac said he would give Esau his blessing.

Bu…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

The Pattern That Led to Esau’s Plunge to Disaster

Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25:34

If you lose touch with God, you will become confused about values. The values on which true wisdom is based are not just plucked out of thin air. They are ba…

Published on 1 week, 6 days ago

Esau Was Confused about Values

See to it that no one... is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

Hebrews 12:15-16

Esau was the firstborn son in the family God had chosen to bless. It’s hard…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Esau Acted on Impulse

“Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!... I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?”

Genesis 25:30, 32

Esau wasn’t a great thinker or planner. He tended to go with the flow …

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Esau’s Hasty Promise

Jacob said, “Swear to me now.” So [Esau] swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

Genesis 25:33

One day Esau was out hunting, and when he came back he was hungry. It just so happened that his lit…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

The Story of Esau

“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.”

Genesis 25:23

We have been looking at Bibl…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

A Potential Turning Point in Cain’s Life

“My punishment is greater than I can bear.”

Genesis 4:13

It would hardly have been surprising if God had ended Cain’s life right then and there in the fields. But in the mercy of God, the world’s first…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Cain Underestimated the Power of Sin

[Sin’s] desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.

Genesis 4:7

Never underestimate the power of sin. The quickest way to take a plunge to disaster is to allow a sin into your life and then s…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago