BGC Field Homilies

Jacob's night at the Jabbok is not a story of triumph. It is a story of transformation through brokenness and the limp that proves the blessing was real.

The church is not stone, timber, or steeple — it is the redeemed people of God, gathered for communion and sent out as His Body in the world.

Exodus 19 names God’s people a kingdom of priests. In Christ, we are called to stand before God for others and before the world for God.

The final day of the Marsabit Tournament: Joshua 24, a return to Shechem, a moment of unnatural silence, and a response no one was prepared for.

To live in the Fear of Isaac, you must first say hinnēnî — before the cost is known. A reflection on Jacob's pivot from contract to covenant in Genesis 31 and the God of Moriah.

Forgiveness is not a single act but a discipline of the trail — walked step by step, surrender by surrender. A reflection from the Appalachian Trail on the long climb of letting go.

Before Sinai. Before the cross. God appeared to Abram personally, called him intimately, gave him a new identity, and commanded a set-apart life. Genesis 17 is the Gospel in seed form.

Jacob kept running. God kept meeting him anyway. The three flight narratives of Genesis 28–35 are not a story of failure — they are the patchwork of a maturing faith.

The Hebrew word ger — sojourner — does not translate cleanly. A reflection on what the familiar road does to the pilgrim, and the city that keeps us moving.

We often read Scripture the way film captures a single frame — one passage at a time, isolated from the whole. But Genesis to Revelation is one unbroken story, and every page points to Jesus.

Jeroboam changed the sites of worship to keep control. The people followed out of convenience. The pattern did not end in 930 BC.

Rehoboam had one moment to lead well. He chose the wrong voices. The kingdom split in a day. What counsel are you keeping?

Proverbs 2 gives the map. Proverbs 8 names the destination. John 1 confirms it. Jeremiah 29 promises: seek with your whole heart, and you will find Him.

God is not a distant judge watching for failure. He is a Father leaning forward in His seat, enraptured, watching each of us with pride and delight.

From Hagar's wilderness to Leah's silence to the burning bush: ra'ah traces a God whose seeing always produces nearness, and whose nearness always produces action.

From Genesis 24 to John 4, the Bible kept rehearsing a betrothal scene at a well. John names it Jacob's well. The Bridegroom has arrived — and He is still seeking.

He did not set his heart — sixteen words that diagnose the most common form of spiritual failure. Not rebellion. Drift. What does it mean to truly seek God?

Genesis 15:6 is not ancient history — it is the cornerstone of everything we believe about grace, faith, and justification. An exploration of Abram's covenant faith and what it means for us.

Hollywood keeps reaching for the sacrificial hero. Creation has been groaning since Genesis 3. There is only one love fierce, defiant, and brave enough to answer both.

A disciple who pours out without being refilled has nothing left to give. Drawing from Ephesians 3, Elijah, and the gathered body, this post calls every believer back to the interior life that makes outward ministry possible. Be filled first.

Two trips. Two failures. One common thread: misplaced confidence. A reflection from the field on what Paul really meant when he said to put no confidence in the flesh — and what a different kind of confidence looks like.

Satan is defeated but not finished. As a wounded enemy with time remaining, he is targeting image-bearers with focused destruction. Here is how we respond.

Sermon from Olderkesi Africa Gospel Church April 12, 2026Genesis 16 & Luke 24:13-33

Luke's last two verses are not a postscript. They are a portrait of a resurrection people — obedient, courageous, faithful, and worshipful — sent back into the city that had just crucified their Lord.

Easter Sunday announces the end of the fig leaves. Through baptism and resurrection, Christ buries our shame and raises us into new creation life. Galatians 2:20.

Centuries before Palm Sunday, the pre-incarnate Christ stood on Mount Moriah and promised one Man would possess the gate of His enemies. That Man descended the Mount of Olives on a colt. And He is coming back.

As Lent leads us toward Holy Week, Genesis 12 shows Abram leaving everything at God’s call and stepping into contested ground by faith. His obedience points beyond itself to Christ, the better Son, who walked toward the Cross with the full cost in view.

A lawyer's three-word question in Luke 10:25 reveals an ancient posture — transactional spirituality. From Cain's altar to Bonhoeffer's cheap grace, this piece traces the human instinct to approach God on our own terms, and the invitation to something more.