Sermon Video: Joseph: An inflated ego and jealous brothers - Genesis 37, by Pastor Randy Powell

The last section of Genesis focuses on the family of Jacob, primarily the interactions between his favorite son, Joseph, and Joseph's 10 jealous brothers.

In chapter 37 we see the seeds sown of what is coming through Jacob's clear favoritism, Joseph's "tattling" on his brothers to their father, and finally Joseph's foolish decision to tell his brothers about not one but two dreams in which they bowed down to him.

With anger at Jacob's favoritism, and jealousy stoked by Joseph's apparent arrogance (or at best cluelessness), the brothers' desire to do something about it simmers until opportunity arrives.  That opportunity is the arrival of Joseph, alone, to visit them.

The hearts of Joseph's brothers were set to murder, but providential grace gave them an opportunity to choose a lesser evil by selling him into slavery.

Sermon Video: The End of an Era - Genesis 35-36 by Pastor Randy Powell

* The message begins with a tribute to one of 1st Baptist's lifelong members, Nancy Klingensmith, whose battle with cancer ended this week as she was promoted to her heavenly reward.*

The text of Genesis 35-36 serves a transitional role between the generation of Isaac & Jacob / Esau and the generation of Jacob & his 12 sons, primarily Joseph.

It reminds us of God's faithfulness and kindness to Abraham's offspring, even those who were outside of the chosen line of Jacob.

The Gospel is NOT about the Cross, justification or the afterlife??? - responding to FFOZ's heretical claim

 

"Why do you not do what I say" is an essay by D. Lancaster recently published in a promotional effort for the upcoming The Narrow Path Torah Club series that is scheduled to premier in October 2026.

The Gospel is NOT about the Cross, Justification, or the Afterlife??  That's the explosive claim in this honest essay from D. Lancaster of FFOZ revealing what will be contained in the upcoming Narrow Path Torah Club series.

Instead of salvation by grace through faith in the person and work of Christ, Lancaster offers salvation by works through following (his version of) the teachings of Jesus.  It couldn't be any clearer or any more heretical.

To read this rejection of the Gospel for yourself: https://ffoz.org/messiah/articles/why-do-you-not-do-what-i-say

To read the underlying and even more frightening essay, "How the Gospels Should Have Ended": https://ffoz.org/messiah/articles/how-the-gospels-should-have-ended

For my two-part response to that essay: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMxme9ElkxOrTt6-kbiM3B3tOzkDvJIF

Sermon Video: When Jacob's sons repaid evil for evil - Genesis 34

 

The book of Genesis is an encouraging story about the faithfulness and grace of God. It is also an honest story about the failings and follies of the people whom God has chosen to work with, and humanity as a whole. In Genesis 34 Jacob's daughter Dinah is raped by one of the leading men of a neighboring tribe. Rather than seeking justice openly, Jacob's sons scheme like their father resulting in wholesale murder of all of the male relatives of the perpetrator living in the same town, the stealing of all of their property, and the enslavement of the now widows and orphans. Jacob's sons responded to evil with a much greater amount of evil. There are no excuses, no "what about..." deflections. They knew better, and they should have done much better than any of that. As a Church, Jesus Christ calls us to reject this human tendency toward vengeance in all its forms.

The Narrow Path (FFOZ, Torah Club) lesson #1 - Billy Graham was wrong about John 3:16??

In lesson #1 of the new Torah Club series that begins in October 2026, D. Lancaster and FFOZ present a different gospel, one opposed to that preached by Billy Graham and exemplified by John 3:16.

Instead of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus as our assurance of eternal life {as the Bible proclaims}, FFOZ is selling salvation by obedience (works) to the teachings of Jesus (Torah observance).

Let lesson #1 be a warning to anyone who is invited to join a Torah Club, let it serve as a danger sign to any pastor or church that would allow this material into their congregation. 

This false gospel offered by FFOZ is built upon the foundation of the deeply heretical, "How the Gospels Should Have Ended."  To view my two-part response to this insane rejection of God's plan to share the Good News with the whole world:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUMxme9ElkxOrTt6-kbiM3B3tOzkDvJIF