Week 1
In 2:7, God tells me man was formed from the dust of the ground. Man typically thinks of himself as the zenith-the height of an evolutionary process. But there is nothing very sophisticated about dust. Read More
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Refiner's Fire
The Old Testament opens our eyes to the flawed character of man and the righteous character of God. ... Read More
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God in Control - Joseph and Egypt
God had told Abraham that his descendants would go to Egypt for 400 years, and it is amazing to see ... Read More
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The place Isaac was offered
In Genesis 22 we read the story of Abraham offering Isaac to the Lord and his being saved by the sub... Read More
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Hospitality, Righteousness, and Faith
In 2nd Peter 2:7 we see a reference to "righteous Lot" but when we read Genesis 19, where Lot offers... Read More
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Well, Well, Well...
Genesis 31:30 Abraham tells Abimelech at Beershba, 'He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs f... Read More
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Covenant Righteousness
We tend to think of "righteous" as a general concept of "goodness" - but the basic Old Testament mea... Read More
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To Ur is human...
Genesis 11 tells us that Abram's journey started in "Ur of the Chaldeans." We certainly believe that... Read More
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History and the Flood
Until modern times the Genesis world-wide flood was accepted as an actual event that helped form our... Read More
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Week 3
Jacob ends his life by telling Pharaoh that "Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life..." (47:9). He blesses Pharaoh then his grandsons and sons before dying. He lived in fear, in hiding or running for many years, mostly of his own doing. He was sad over Rachel's death and what he thought was Joseph's death. Were his day's really "short and evil"? It's a sad perspective. Read More
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