Devotion & Cafecito

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 42: The Second Irony of Judah (Genesis 43:8-9)

Judah offering the blame to fall on him and offering up his life for his younger brother’s prefigures Christ’s substitutionary atonement on the cross.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 41: ”People of Hope, It’s Time!”

Our hope lives because Christ lives.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 40: A Reckoning for Blood (Genesis 42:21-22)

The reckoning on your head was placed on Christ.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 39: The ”Resurrection” of Joseph (Genesis 42)

If you want to know who God is, look at Jesus, especially in His death and resurrection.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 38: Joseph Given All Authority (Genesis 41:40, 43, 56-57)

The authority of the kingdom given to Joseph prefigures the authority of God’s kingdom given to Christ.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 37: Flee from Sexual Immorality! (Genesis 39:11-12)

Just as Joseph literally fled from sexual immorality, perhaps we should do the same.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 36: The Irony of Judah (Genesis 37:32-33; 38:25-26)

Sin cannot stop God from doing His work of salvation.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 35: The Folly of Joseph’s Youth (Genesis 37:5-8)

Joseph’s youthful ignorance is indicative of our perennial human ignorance.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 34: God’s Disgust over Rape (Genesis 34-35:15)

How God deals with the rape of Dinah and the laws set to protect such victims is not quite how we would do it, but God’s ways are higher than our ways.

Devotion & Cafecito, Ep. 33: Esau - The Kind of Brother Cain Should Have Been (Genesis 33)

This event between Jacob & Esau teaches us a lesson about forgiving one another.