Posts with the tag “genesis”
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Our Example of Faith
December 1st, 2024
Genesis 15:1-21Ethan was a mountain bike enthusiast who loved taking the most treacherous, black diamond trails. During one of his rides, he misgauged a jump and fell off a cliff. His heart raced as h... Read More
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The Public Approval of God
November 24th, 2024
IntroductionThe bystander effect refers to the phenomenon that an individual's likelihood of helping decreases when passive bystanders are present in a critical situation. Many sad real-life examples ... Read More
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Present & Future Blessing
November 17th, 2024
Genesis 13:1-18Mark took his 8-year-old son sledding on a mountainside in West Virginia. It was a long, open space with a rolling slope perfect for sledding. Though it was off the beaten path, others ... Read More
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Learning to Trust God
November 10th, 2024
Genesis 12:10-20When an astronaut steps out of from a spaceship into the weightlessness of space, the familiar downward pull of gravity disappears, leaving him or her suspended in midair. Any movement... Read More
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God's Promise to Abraham
November 3rd, 2024
Genesis 11:10 – 12:9According to the Bibliographical Bible, the Bible gives the names of 3,237 people, many of whom are named only in passing, as part of a genealogy, for instance. Among them, though,... Read More
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The Rebellion of the Nations
October 13th, 2024
IntroductionDid your parents ever tell you as they were about to spank you, this is gonna hurt you more than it will hurt me! I don’t know if that was true for me.Have you ever thought about how much ... Read More
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The Formation of the Nations
October 6th, 2024
Genesis 9:18 – 10:32Who knows the struggle of keeping dandelions out of your yard? The struggle is real! Should you dig them up? Use weed control pellets? Spray weed killer? Hire a paid landscaping se... Read More
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The Faithfulness of God
September 29th, 2024
Genesis 8:20–9:17Put yourself into Noah’s sandals. How would you feel about God after experiencing a massive, worldwide Flood?As of Friday, this week, the death toll from Hurricane Helene had reached ... Read More
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The Great Flood
September 22nd, 2024
Genesis 7:1 – 8:19When we speak about Noah, the Ark, and the worldwide flood, we speak not only about something which many modern people, whether scholars or not, view as nothing more than a myth. Yet... Read More
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The Way of Salvation
September 16th, 2024
Type your new text here. Discussion QuestionsWhat is your favorite explanation of ... grace?faith?a covenant?How did the earth go from being "very good" when God looked at it in Gen 1 to being "filled... Read More
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Wickedness Multiplied
September 8th, 2024
Genesis 6:1-8“The point of no return.” This phrase describes the moment or stage in a journey or process in which it is too late to change what you are doing or to reverse your course.The phrase was f... Read More
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Calling on the Lord
September 1st, 2024
Genesis 4:25-5:32When Space X launches a rocket, the rocket often fails to achieve complete success, falling apart or malfunctioning somehow along the way. News outlets often report on these failures ... Read More
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The Sad Effects of Sin
June 30th, 2024
The Fall reveals the futility of self-rule and self-determination, as they attempted to be and behave as gods apart from God.
The consequences of this attempt to take charge were three sad outcomes:... Read More
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The Blessing of Marriage
June 9th, 2024
Genesis 2:18-25By familiarizing ourselves with Genesis, esp. the first two chapters, we can reaffirm God’s purpose for our lives. And it is important that we reaffirm God’s purpose for what we will lo... Read More
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The Blessing of Work
June 2nd, 2024
Genesis 2:4-17According to Encyclopedia Britannica, work (in the science of physics) is the “measure of energy transfer that occurs when an object is moved over a distance by an external force, at lea... Read More
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The Blessing of Rest
May 19th, 2024
Genesis 2:1-3In early 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold for more than $18,000 a sculpture entitled “lo Sono” (meaning “I am) to an unidentified buyer. This buyer received, along with a certifi... Read More
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Made to Reign
May 5th, 2024
Genesis 1:26-31Have you ever seen a handheld colander for fried foods? If you saw one, you probably wouldn’t know what it was or what is was supposed to be used for. What about an electric necktie iro... Read More
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Our Creator God
April 21st, 2024
What do art and inventions have in common? Both are a form of creation if we define creation as something produced by a person’s original and unique imagination, ideas, and thoughts. The key differenc... Read More
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Our Eternal God
April 14th, 2024
“Call me Ishmael.” This well-known opening line to the classic novel, Moby Dick, captures our imagination, builds our anticipation for the rest of the story, and say a lot of things by itself. Other w... Read More
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Discovering Genesis
March 21st, 2023
For whatever reason, we like to learn about our ancestors, our history and our family tree. We like to show our kids the places we lived and did things when we were kids, and we like to attend family ... Read More
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The Lamb God Provided
March 21st, 2023
Genesis 22:1-14A significant portion of Genesis tells the story of Abraham’s life and the outworking of his faith in God. The Old Testament (OT) names him 237 times and the New Testament (NT) 74 times... Read More
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