The revchristruelsen’s Podcast

I Bind Unto Myself Today

I recorded this one last year (May 2020) to commemorate Trinity Sunday . . . .  In honor of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  

This One is EPIC

Genesis 37.  Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Israel, Joseph . . . .  All real people?  Absolutely.  The story of Joseph is the beginning of an epic as great as the Odyssey or the Iliad-but not myth.  It is a major part of the story in which God will bring his people out of slavery . . . and you and me out of the slavery of sin and death . . . .  Are you ready for his story?  Because, it's epic.  

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing #686. A public domain hymn.  

Are you the Black Sheep of the Family?

Esau wasn't exactly the most beloved character in all of Scripture.  He was kind of an oaf, a doofus, but here is his genealogy in Genesis 36.  

This podcast is about being the "black sheep" and what to do about it.  

The hymn is #730.  What is the World to Me. A public domain hymn.  

Life Turns the Page and Sometimes You're Not Ready

Today’s discussion is about big life changes . . . .  They can be thrilling, and they can also be devastating . . . .  The good news is that the biggest change to come will be the most glorious one of all, in Jesus Christ . . . . .

 

Genesis 35.  

 

The Hymn is "This Joyful Eastertide" 482. (A public domain hymn).  

This Joyful Eastertide

This week I share a newly recorded public domain hymn, "This Joyful Eastertide", hymn #482.

When the World Encroaches on YOUR World

The discussion this week is regarding Genesis 34

 

Some of the topics in Genesis deal with difficult events, and if you are listening with younger listeners, this topic in Genesis 34 may not be for them, unless you have read and talked with them about it first.  You may want to listen to the lesson and the discussion that follows before you decide to share it with younger listeners.  

This week's discussion is about the story of Dinah . . . . 

The Dreaded Reunion

If we were looking at an episode of an action series, we might entitle this "Jacob and Esau, the final battle!", but it didn't really happen that way.  Jacob dreads confronting Esau, but does he need to be fearful?  Come, let us look together at Genesis 33.    

 

God at Play

 

We move on to Genesis 32 this week:

We ALWAYS see God at work, but in this one, we get to see God at PLAY!  What's that supposed to mean?  Listen and find out . . . . 

We Do Not Worship a god You Can Sit On

In this episode we discuss Genesis 31.  Jacob finally flees from the presence of his father in law Laban.  Rachel takes the household gods of Laban, and sits on them . . . .  What do we make of this?