Unshaken: Chapter a Day

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 43 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Judah doesn’t make a dramatic speech to sound brave, he makes a costly promise: if Benjamin doesn’t come back, he’ll carry the blame forever. That single moment in Genesis 43 flips the temperature of the whole story, and we dig into why Judah’s “ministry of life” stands in such sharp contrast to Reuben’s earlier fear-soaked offer. If you’ve ever felt the weight of protecting your...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 42 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A family famine forces a reunion nobody is ready for, and Genesis 42 wastes no time turning the heat up. Joseph’s brothers show up in Egypt for grain, and the tension is immediate: Joseph recognizes them, they do not recognize him, and suddenly the one they betrayed holds all the power. We talk through why that detail matters, how it sets up one of the strongest character arcs in...

Send us Fan Mail Joseph has one shot in front of Pharaoh, and he leads with a sentence that cuts against every instinct for self-promotion: “It is not in me.” That single line launches a deep dive into Genesis 41 and the kind of humility that doesn’t shrink back, but also doesn’t steal credit. We start by clearing up a key detail Joseph stands before Pharaoh at 30 and we ask why Scripture might sp...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 41 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 40 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Joseph is stuck in prison, two officials wake up shaken by dreams, and Genesis 40 turns into a masterclass on what faith looks like when life is unfair. We dig into the moment the cupbearer and baker say there’s no one to interpret their dreams, and Joseph answers with a quiet kind of boldness: interpretations belong to God. That single line raises a big question we explore from m...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 39 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Doing the right thing is supposed to make life better, so why does it sometimes feel like it makes everything worse? We sit with that uncomfortable question through Genesis 39, where Joseph resists temptation, holds onto integrity, and still gets punished for it. And right in the middle of that mess, Scripture repeats a line that can feel almost unbelievable: the Lord was with Jos...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 38 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Genesis 38 is the chapter a lot of people avoid, then casually quote anyway. We slow down and read it carefully, because Judah, Tamar, and Onan are not just “wild Bible characters” they raise real questions about duty, provision, legacy, and how God’s promises keep moving even when families are dysfunctional. We talk through why Er is called so wicked that God kills him, and why t...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek Reads Genesis 37 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A single dream can expose everything a family refuses to name. As we open Genesis 37, we watch Joseph step into the spotlight as the favored son with a future hinted at through dreams, and we ask the uncomfortable question: was he wrong to say them out loud, or were his brothers wrong for refusing to seek God about what they heard? We talk about Joseph as a “type of Christ” in the...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 36 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A genealogy can look like dead space on the page until you realize it is doing something stories cannot do: it anchors identity. We dig into Genesis 36 and the Toledot structure of Genesis, showing how the book is intentionally organized around ten “generations” sections that guide you through covenant history. Once you see that map, the name lists stop feeling random and start re...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 35 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail God protects Jacob right after one of the darkest moments in his family story, and that alone raises a question you cannot dodge: what do you do when divine mercy feels morally complicated? We sit in Genesis 35 and talk through the aftermath of Shechem, where Jacob’s household becomes infamous, yet God still preserves them because he has a covenant promise to keep. From there, the...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 34 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A rape, a rushed marriage offer, and a revenge plan so calculated it still shocks modern readers, Genesis 34 doesn’t let anyone stay comfortable. We sit with the mess of Dinah and Shechem and ask the question people whisper when life goes dark: if God is present, why doesn’t He stop it? We trace how Jacob’s choices set the stage, especially his decision to stop short of full obedi...

Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 33 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail Fear has a way of rewriting the future before it happens, and Genesis 33 starts with Jacob bracing for the worst. We pick up right where the wrestling match with God leaves off, and we talk through the shock of what comes next: Jacob finally meets Esau and discovers that the face he dreaded is the face that welcomes him. That turn from anxiety to acceptance is not just a family dr...

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Send us Fan Mail Pastor Plek reads Genesis 31 Text us at 737-231-0605 with any questions.

Send us Fan Mail A family flees in secret, an idol goes missing, and two lifelong manipulators finally meet their match. Genesis 31 is messy on purpose, and we lean into that mess as we follow Jacob’s decision to leave Laban’s house, the resentment that builds as Jacob prospers, and the surprising timing of God’s clear direction to move on. If you’ve ever wondered whether you can trust God’s leadi...