Main idea: Trust God for grace as we live in a painful, sin-cursed world.  In the midst of conflict and hostility, trust in Jesus who crushes the head of the serpent. (v. 14-15)Revelation 12:1-121 Corinthians 15:...

Renounce sinful responses to guilt and humbly turn to God who pursues you. Luke 19:10 Jesus says “The son of man came to seek and save the lost.” Renounce the sinful responses to guilt: Pretending it doesn’t exist, Hidi...

Main idea: Falling for Satan’s lies leaves us guilty, ashamed and condemned and only God’s grace can restore us. Be watchful for the cunning of Satan John 8:44 Revelation 12:9 Ephesians 6:1...

Introduction Main idea: Trust God’s good plan and Christ’s redeeming work to be faithful and flourish as male or female. Trust your Creator-King’s good plan. “Have you not read that he who created them from the be...

Introduction Trusting God’s Grace in a Fallen World We saw in Genesis 1-2 the glory of God at creation. He created a very good heavens and earth where he chose to dwell with the man and woman he cr...

Main idea: Four pursuits of a God-honoring marriage. Couples must cultivate companionship (2:18a)Wives must complement their husband’s service to God (2:18b)Husbands must exercise ...

Main idea: Turn to the Lord your creator to find (refresh) your purpose and place in His new creation work. Recount your noble purpose (4-6)Genesis 4:17-22Return to your Lord ...

Main idea: God’s work in creating and sustaining all things calls for constant thanksgiving Romans 1:21 Thank you Lord, for __________  you made. (Thankful) Submission(Thankful) StewardshipSati...

Main idea: Get your thinking straight about God’s creation of His Kingdom Chance Pleasure Examine God’s creationImage and likenessThe Creation MandateExercise dominion...

Main idea: Get your thinking straight about God’s creation of His Kingdom Examine God’s Creation Exalt the glory of the King Establish your life under His kingship Automated ...

Main idea: God created everything! Worship the Creator God, who is Father, Son and Spirit, for His goodness and greatness. Worship the Creator God: He is great and good! (v. 1) Isaiah 45:7-8, 18...

Introduction It is our privilege and joy to study God’s Word together. God reveals himself to us through his Word so that we can know, love, worship and obey him! Genesis is the first of five books we call ...

Main idea: Come trust the eternal God who promises and carries you into life with him in a new Garden of Eden. God is revealing himself to you in a book. God alone is self-existent. God alone is eterna...

Trees are a reminder that God’s creation is living and powerful. We have a tree in our backyard that has grown substantially since we bought the house eight years ago. The reader will certainly notice how little I know about trees, as I...

Let God shape your view on gender and roles through His authoritative word. He is good, and His design is good. He is the ultimate authority on all things; He has set a pattern that began in Genesis....

As an image bearer of God you have a supremely valuable and meaningful existence....

Main idea: Strive for the ideals of complementarity by seeking Christ and serving His church in the role to which He has called you. Step up to the dignity of God’s created order.Genesis 1:26-28Genesis 2:15-24...

God has spoken clearly. The reason that we can have confidence as we read the Bible is because God is by nature and in creation a clear communicator. God created the gift of language and gave it to Adam and Eve, but when Satan distorted the Word o...

God rules over and is in control of or in charge of everything. Key Passages: Genesis 45:4-6; Genesis 50:19-20; Acts 2:22-24; Romans 8:28-29; ...

An Echo of Covering for Shame (Genesis 2 and 3)An Echo of Appeasing God’s Wrath (Genesis 8)An Echo of Substitution for Man (Genesis 22)An Echo of Salvation through Judgment (Exodus 12)An Echo of Entering ...

We have been examining the architecture of the divine-human covenants in the Bible to see how these covenants carry forward the Bible’s storyline of God establishing His kingdom over the whole world through His chosen king. Much like all the com...

A couple weeks ago, I gave you a brief introduction and motivation for why you should care about the covenants. Recall that a covenant is a solemn commitment to a particular relationship, guaranteeing promises or obligations undertaken by one or b...

Imagine buying a partially completed house and having to complete that house from its current state. If you didn’t have the original blueprints, there’s a good chance some disaster would happen without knowing how the house had been built up t...

No doubt, reading your Bible is an endeavor in and of itself. Often, I find myself defaulting to Paul’s letters or other “more direct” teaching in the New Testament to fuel my soul. However, in doing so I often lose sight of the broader narr...

Man goes up in sin, God comes down in judgment 1. The Aim Behind Babel (v. 1-4) Significance Security 2: God's Decisive Hand in Babel (v. 5-9) God's AssesmentG...

Session 3 at Ex Nihilo College Spring Retreat 2018...

Proposition: 10 inadequate worldviews that cannot and will not provide ultimate meaning, significance or satisfaction. The path to the proposition: four features of divine creation that are the foundation to the only consi...

Human gender and sexuality is part of God's good design. He created gender to reflect his relational nature within the Trinity. He designed sexuality to be a part of his beautiful plan for marriage. We rebel against His design when we try to make ...