Broken

In the opening message of our new summer series The Gospel According to Jacob, Pastor Clarence Stamps II leads us into the complex and often painful story of Jacob’s beginnings—a story marked by brokenness, struggle, and divine purpose.

Drawing from Genesis 25:19–26, Pastor Clarence explores how Jacob’s life was shaped from birth by family dysfunction, generational pain, and a name that literally defined him as “deceiver.” But Jacob’s story isn’t unique. It reflects the brokenness we see all around us—and in ourselves.

This sermon invites us to see that even in the most fractured places—infertility, identity wounds, betrayal, or injustice—God is working. Through Jacob’s life and through our own, Pastor Clarence reminds us that it’s only when we come to the end of ourselves that we encounter the beginning of God’s redeeming purpose. Jesus entered our brokenness, took it upon Himself at the cross, and rose to bring us restoration and new identity.

No matter your past, your name, or your pain—there is hope for your brokenness. You are not defined by what you’ve done, but by what Christ has done for you.