Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rebekah’s barrenness proved to be as small an obstacle to the power of God’s promise as Sarah’s barrenness had been. The LORD answered Isaac’s prayer and granted twins. When Rebekah inquired of the LORD as to their struggle inside her womb, the LORD revealed that the two brothers and their descendants would struggle against each other throughout their lives, with the older serving the younger. Their names, Esau and Jacob, reveal something about their character. When they were older, Esau’s despising of his birthright led him to sell it for nothing more than a pot of stew.  Rev. David Appold, pastor at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Paducah, KY, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Genesis 25:19-34.  To learn more about St. Paul's in Paducah, visit stpaulpaducah.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 fulfillment of the st