The Layman’s Guide to JACOB

As we look at the life of Jacob, we'll be traveling back through time nearly 4,000 years into a semi-nomadic, Middle Bronze Age culture far removed from our own. Jacob is a troubling character in the Old Testament. He is conniving and he is spiritual, too. He has moments of strong faith as well as fear. His family is sometimes in disarray, and yet at the end he is the one that sets it straight. Jacob is a bit too much like us, with very human strengths and weaknesses, but a man with a striving for spiritual things. From this imperfect man we learn important Chapters of faith. Especially, we learn about God's grace.