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Our old housemate Grahame taught us a really fun game. It’s called Wikipedia Race. Each of us have a device, and all start with one completely random page, like Chinese Bao Buns. We each have to race each other, only using the links provided from the starting page, to a final page, such as basketballer…

In the previous chapter we saw Joseph having a divine appointment with Pharaoh’s cupbearer and his chief baker. Both had been imprisoned, and both had dreams which Joseph interpreted. While the baker was condemned to die, the cupbearer was restored, just as Joseph had predicted. Unfortunately, the cupbearer…

The Gospel According to Genesis Today, we will deal with a few passages from the book of Genesis that teach us about the prophetic text concerning our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. As we approach the days to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must learn about the prophetic texts that teach…

Torah: Genesis 41:1-44:17 Halftarah: 1 Kings 3:15-4:1 Road Map Review Torah Portion Review/ Summary Genesis 41:1-44:17 1 Then it came to pass, at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh had a dream; and behold, he stood by the river. Mikets = the end Pharaoh has a dream. This is a wake up call for Pharaoh.…

We pick up this week with Jospeh in prison, forgotten by the two men who were his chance to get released. The Pharoah’s cupbearer and baker, two men who had dreams that Joseph interpreted. And before we move onto the next episode in Joseph’s life let’s take a little time to see how big a deal it was…

Welcome Good morning everyone, today we are continuing in our series on the life of Joseph. Today, we get to see Joseph encounter some better experiences than what he has had for the last 13 years of his life. He was sold into slavery by his brothers, accused falsely of a crime that landed him in prison,…

A. W. Tozer, who said: “It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until He has hurt him deeply.”1 Few can fully relate with God’s servant Job … all physical possessions gone overnight, sickness, pain, wrongful statements and accusations from friends, and ten children dying in the midst of all…

Redeeming Son If you been a Christian for any amount of Time you know that sometimes things don’t work out the way you want them to, but often they work out better b/c of God’s hand in and on your life. I’m not sure how many of you know the story of how God called me to pastor you here, but it’s a story…

God’s Unusual Characters become the important people in the histories of Israel. I won’t give the recap again today, as we are still in the story of Joseph, the 11th son of Jacob Israel. You can catch up to the messages already preached in this series on our website, Inter-CommunityChurch.com/Sermons,…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings, it describes where we came from, it declares what is wrong with us, it discloses where we are going It lays the foundations of human institutions Now unlike any other time…

ME: There’s a cultural phenomenon going on in our world today called “cancel culture”. What it says is that if you express views that are contrary to those acceptable by a particular group - whether that be a group of friends, a business, a media channel, a government official, you can be locked out…

We are back in our study of the book of Genesis today. In our series THE PROMISE, we come to Genesis chapter 19 today. If you have read the text or are familiar with the story, you can probably understand why I’m always tempted to focus on the sin of the outsiders in texts like this. They are so obvious…

That may Some things to notice: The Lord appeared to Abraham near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent in the heat of the day. Most of us read this verse and we probably don’t think much about what we read. But if you were a Jew, the word LORD would spark all sorts…

The waiting game What about me? There is a danger in reading a text like we have today. Abram and Sarai were pagan’s. Spent years going against God’s will. Yet God blesses them The temptation when we look at someone like Abram is “What about me? ” I come to church, I try to do the right things… i”m not…

Pentateuch The story of how God restored mankind, lovingly and graciously redeeming them out of sin’s slavery and raising up a people though whom He would touch the whole world. Pentateuch is crucial to the rest of the Old Testament and the whole Bible Pentateuch means “5 Books”. It is the Book of the…

Michelle and I have been watching a series on Amazon Prime called Poldark… it’s based on a series of books written back in the 1940’s about a family in London around the late 1700s. Every episode is full of conflict but back then they handled conflict very differently than we do today. It’s hard to tell…

What does a king require?

Welcome back to our third week in “The Story.” To this point in the narrative, we have looked at God’s plan of Creation Mankind’s choice to sin in the Garden How sin then passed from generation to generation Cain killing Abel All of creation sinned continually God’s choice to flood the earth and preserve…

God settles all accounts justly & graciously

Genesis 42:1-46:34 ; 50:15-21 Main theme of passage: God used the evil actions of the brothers and the attachment of an old man to establish his people and secure their future prosperity Main Preaching Theme: How to cope when the madness of life has a purpose we cannot fathom. Main Preaching Intention:…

Dysfunction in families can wreak havoc over multiple generations. We see this in the background of the life of Joseph. Joseph’s family tree demonstrates the truth of passages such as Exodus 34::7 which speaks of the sins of the parents affecting even the third and fourth generations. Now generational…

God frequently chooses that which is damaged or broken to magnify His glory.

Introduction It has been a couple of weeks now since we were with our Jewish friends and their plight. The last time we visited the account we were in Chapter 7 and the villain of the story had well and truly got his comeuppance, not only had he been rumbled, he had been put to death on the very instrument…