Join me for a hymn sing at the 2025 issues, etc., making the case conference.

Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th, at Concordia University, Chicago.

This year's theme, The Word of God.

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Welcome to the Word of the Lord endures forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

These Philistine leaders confess that there's something up with this God whom Isaac worships

and whom he no doubt had told them about. They know that Isaac has been extraordinarily

super abundantly blessed. They know he has grown in stature and reputation

and might, and they are more than a bit nervous about having him be ticked off with them.

The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church,

past and present. Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study with the church, past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Genesis, chapters 24 through 36.

The grace of our Lord Jesus, Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Greetings, people, loved by God. So last time we heard about the ridiculously abundant way that God

blessed Isaac. If he formed, his crops brought forth a hundredfold. If he kept his livestock,

both flocks and herds multiplied. And so did the size of his household. He grew so wealthy and powerful that he became a bit of

a threat to the Philistines among whom he'd taken refuge during the famine. The result was they insisted

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