God's Messy Family: Finding Your Place When Life Isn't Perfect

by Jacob Armstrong

Genealogy is, widely considered to be, one of the fastest growing hobbies in the U.S. We have become consumed with constructing our family tree in an attempt to trace our lineage. Fortunately, the Bible does an excellent job helping us trace the ancestry of our faith family.
Pastor and author Jacob Armstrong takes an in-depth look at our faith lineage focusing specifically on the messy family dynamics found in the book of Genesis. As we begin to understand the life stories of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Esau we find that their pattern looks a lot like ours—we are called, we mess up, and God continues to redeem us.

Find out how your “messy family” fits into God’s family and how you are a part of God’s plan for the world.
Additional components for a six-week study include a DVD featuring pastor and author Jacob Armstrong and a comprehensive Leader Guide. Also available for your church is a helpful guide to small groups titled The Connected Small Groups that Create Community.

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114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 7, 2018

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Messy family" was sometimes not as obvious as was intended, perhaps. Various stories and people in the Bible who were "human" but still did some great things were featured. I think the intent was to show that people with weaknesses and faults were called by God and did impressive things. The connection to messy was not really in my mind.