2 years of bad news – fears of death & daily body count Death is undefeated Good News? one who went through death & came back to prepare us to die then live Jesus Christ – most significant person. Resurrection –...
CROSS = old hymn “an emblem of suffering & shame” Tertullian & symbol History Hitler – Jews in Dachau Nazis - Allied bayonets & knives legs/shoulder/throat/testicles Khmer Rouge – Cambodia Sudan - Africa Jesus boy – 4 AD mass...
Most families have some dark secrets (Deathbed) The Bible brings these kinds of dark secrets into the light & invites us to do the same = A. Prevention B. Hope Faith-Filled People Have Faithless Days Genesis 16:1-6 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had...
A prototype = pattern to repeat (e.g. Adam/Eve marriage) Abraham is prototype of faith, growing in faith walk w/God You Can Have Faith in God, and Questions for God Genesis 15:4-7 After these things the word of the Lord came...
Battles & Blessings – 2 train tracks analogy?? Battles Genesis 14:1–24 In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, 2 these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha...
Faith (internal conviction & external action) Critics/Enemies see 2 kinds believers 1. Perfect 2. Hypocrites Bible – shows gap between 1. New & 2. Perfect = work in progress Faith is something you grow in (e.g. musical...
=Adam & son Seth (1-5)– Noah & son Shem (6-10) – Abraham & son Isaac (11-25) Short list most impactful people in history Abram (exalted father)/Abraham (father of a multitude) – painful name Sarai “princess” – beautiful & barren New...
=Genesis = book of beginnings How did we get nations? Nation = a group of people w/ A. Borders B. Culture C. Leader UN recognizes 193 nations #2. Why are there so many languages? ...
Bible – it is true, and truer than true because the HS studies you while you study it -History – God’s BIG story of which our life story is a little part of the big story -Ideologies/Agendas have their own story they...
God is perfect and created everyone/everything perfect Adam & Eve sinned – death to us, curse to creation For 1656 years only Enoch walked with God LONG LIFE. Everyone is only evil all the time 1. External 2. Internal...
Cultural storyline: We are good getting better. God is bad & we judge Him. Biblical storyline: We are bad getting worse. God is good & He judges us. God is Good. We are Bad. Genesis 5:1-2 This is the book of the...
Bible = most honest book ever written Genesis 3 – Satan – Sin – Marriage – Family Genesis a 2000 yr family case study in human sin & God’s blessing First glimpse outside the Garden Put yourself in the story. Who...