8/16/25: Genesis 29

Harder look at Abraham; "Gerar"; What Abraham was doing; Strangers; Melchizedek vs Abimelech; Degenerating the people; Lifestyle; Assisted suicide?; Abraham's tithe; Human resources; Capitalism; Charity = Love; The culture of Nature's God; Revelation; Fasting; Ruth and Naomi; Burning furnace; Tree of Life; Fleeing the light; Abraham's vision; Jacobs dream; Ambassadors of God; Life's journey; Self-indulgence vs caring for one another; William the Conqueror; Covenants; Law of nations; Haran - dry place; Abraham's reputation; Feeding sheep; Trusting Abimelech?; Common reasons for divorce; Idolatry; Blame; Understanding Abraham; Life requires sacrifice; Waiting upon the Lord; How to follow Abraham and Christ; Righteousness of God; Abundance of life; "Pillow"?; Canaanites; Merchants of men; Smoking furnace?; Source of dominion; Caring through charity; Christ's institutions; Authors of confusion; Gen 15:17; Consequences of your choices; Isa 6:13; Being Doer's of the Word; Altars of charity; Iniquity of Rachel, Sarah, Leban; Manipulation; Deut 4:20; When to give?; Jer 11:4; Iron furnace = bondage; Rightly dividing charity; Satisfaction?; Coming to the well of Christ; God's timing; Being a stranger in Canaan; Jacob's leaving his comfort zone; Repentance; Freewill sacrifice; World of confusion and manipulation; Recognizing God's miracles; Rebekah vs Rachel; Dry bones?; Symptoms of being off the righteous way; Consuming fire; Jacob's dream; Messengers of God; Gen 29:1; Rachel's late arrival; Being Christ's Church; Symbolism of Jacob meeting Rachel; Are you submitting to God?; Laban's eye for gold; Laban's wife-swap; Seek Righteousness.