God the Father

Swiss Cove Christian Church · Jun 21, 2026

Every father has had a "hat against the windshield" moment — the instant where frustration boils over and you see, with sudden clarity, exactly which parts of your own father you didn't want to become. In this Father's Day message, Elliott walks through one of Scripture's most painful family stories: Jacob's favoritism toward Joseph, and the jealousy and rage it cultivated in his other sons until they sold their own brother into slavery (Genesis 37:3-4, 18-24). It's an uncomfortable text, but an honest one — because it tells the truth about how a father's failures ripple through…