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Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace: The Gospel in the Lives of Isaac and Jacob is unavailable, but you can change that!

“Our God delights in writing straight with a crooked pencil,” says Ian Duguid. The lives of Isaac and Jacob are vivid examples of that principle. Time and again God displays his grace and glory by overcoming their weakness and sinfulness. In this latest addition to the Gospel according to the Old Testament series, we see once more how the message of Scripture converges on Jesus. Readers can take...

of Rebekah. Both had similar encounters at the well that led to their marriages, and both were apparently outstandingly beautiful (Gen. 24:16; 29:17). However, Abraham’s servant was not convinced of divine guidance by means of Rebekah’s good looks. Even after he saw that she was beautiful, he waited to see if she would fulfill the test of character he had laid out before the Lord. He waited until she proved by her willing and eager service in watering his camels that she was the one the Lord had
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