Why did Jacob separate from Laban? What was the spiritual life around Jacob that made him reevaluate whether this was a good place to raise his family? What is the spiritual life around us? How do we still engage and witness to the world around us while still separating from the world around us as Jesus regularly did? We learn from Jesus, and we learn today from Jacob’s example as well. We continue our study of the book of Genesis…

What is mysticism, and how did the Patriarch’s fall prey to this common Christian misunderstanding of how God works in our lives? How can we better Justin God after learning what mysticism is? We continue our journey of the book of Genesis today in chapter 30:25-43.