Today, as we continue our “Coming Home” sermon series in Genesis, we are confronted with perhaps the ugliest, most painful, most sinful episode in all of Jacob’s life (and, by the extension, his family). And the lessons for us in our current culture are obvious and equally painful.

Today, as we continue our “Coming Home” sermon series in Genesis, we see Jacob reluctantly restored to his older, angry brother, Esau, and we are reminded that God can and does change the hardest of hearts.

Today, as we continue our “Coming Home” sermon series in Genesis, we see the most crucial confrontation in Jacob’s life – his wrestling match with God as he prepares to face Esau and his father again. God is determined to change him from the inside out.