Podcast
Joseph: Betrayed by the Brothers
The Salt Company - Ames
Speaker: Tony Lee, with Luke Rose
February 19, 2026 · 36 min
Conflict ResolutionDiscipleshipSufferingGod's SovereigntyGenesis 37:1–11Genesis 37:18–36Genesis 37:5–11
Summary
Joseph's story (Genesis 37) reveals three essential truths about conflict: it is inevitable in human relationships because of sin, it is complex with multiple contributing factors, and how we respond is a choice. Through Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, the sermon explores how believers can navigate conflict with wisdom, ownership, and trust in God's providence rather than revenge.
Highlights
You can't choose if you're thrown into a pit, but you do get to choose who you become in the pit.
Even if you're five percent wrong and they're ninety-five percent wrong, your job as a Christian is to one hundred percent own everything you've ever done.
The biggest conflict in my life was never about you. It was about me and what I did to Jesus.