Jacob Gerber | Blog about Discipleship, Church, Leadership

In Genesis 17, we discover the significant of covenant signs: God gives covenant signs to ratify our claim to his covenant promises. (Exposition of Genesis 17:1–14)

When our faith is stretched, we start to believe that God has forsaken us. But even when God seems silent, God sees, and God hears. (Exposition of Genesis 16:1–16)

What do we do when the honeymoon is over in our relationship with God? God’s covenant assures us in suffering that God will keep his promises. (Exposition of Genesis 15:1–21)

Abram’s interaction with Melchizedek illustrates that faith may lead us to empty our hands, but faithlessness will leave us empty-handed. (Exposition of Genesis 14:17–24)

Worldly consumers believe that the world exists for their benefit. God’s custodians believe that the world exists for the benefit of Christ and his kingdom. (Exposition of Genesis 14:1–16)

Even in the fallout of failure and doubt, God gives us by faith what we forfeit by sight. (Exposition of Genesis 13:1–18)

Abram’s sojourn in Egypt illustrates an enduring pattern: God’s covenant corrects our conspiracies. (Exposition of Genesis 12:10–20)

Abram’s example of public witness and worship to the living God teaches us how to bear witness to the already/not-yet kingdom of Jesus Christ. (Exposition of Genesis 12:4–9)

To redeem the world from the fullness of its depravity, God chooses a paradoxical approach: raising up one man through whom he will bless the world. (Exposition of Genesis 11:27–12:3)