Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

When a famine arose in the days of Isaac, the LORD specifically told Isaac not to go to Egypt. The LORD strengthened Isaac’s faith by repeating the promise first given to Abraham. Nonetheless, as Isaac sojourned in the land of Abimelech, he repeated his father’s deception of saying his wife was only his sister. Still, the LORD kept His promise to bless Isaac as he went in and out among the Philistines and felt their enmity toward him. Even as Isaac experienced the LORD’s goodness temporally and spiritually, Isaac also experienced grief from his oldest son Esau, who married two pagan wives.  Rev. Jeremiah Johnson, pastor at Glory of Christ Lutheran Church in Plymouth, MN, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Genesis 26:1-35.  To learn more about Glory of Christ, visit gloryofchrist.org. “In the Beginning” is a series on Sharper Iron that studies Genesis. The first book of Moses sets the stage for God’s entire story of salvation. As we learn the beginning of the story, God prepares us to receive the