My friend Lukas is a high school senior, a whip-smart young man, and an immensely talented writer. He also has a grasp on theology and the Bible that I wish I’d had at that age.
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A couple of weeks ago, he wrote a piece on his Substack based on the account in Genesis 27, where Jacob deceives Isaac to receive his twin brother Esau’s blessing with the help of his mother. Jacob has already talked Esau into giving him his birthright as the firstborn, so this becomes a double insult to Esau.
Lukas references the Anglican-Puritan theologian Richard Sibbes, who wrote, “If we come dressed in the clothes of our older brother, we are sure to receive a blessing.” Lukas compares the story
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