Intro: Where is justice when you need it? 1. Reasons for the Flood Other flood stories To blot out wickedness To save Noah 2. The hero of the story Other flood stories Noah? God 3. A new beginning Other flood stories Genesis 1 again? Provisions for…
No motor, no steering, no hope 1. Things turn ugly when you turn from God a) From fruit to fratricide b) Mercy multiplies c) Sin sticks around 2. Who do you look like? a) Family likeness b) Parents and their kids c) Odd children 3. Where is your hope?
📄 Link to TBT Slip Intro An obvious question 1. The heart of the problem Doubt Desire Disobedience Death? 2. The result of rejection Fear and folly Hurt and hardship Grace and hope? 3. This is us Our world Our life Our solution
Introduction: Love and Marriage 1. The Foundation (Genesis 2:18-25) 2. Marriage and Unity (Matthew 19:1-12, Mark 10:1-12) 3. Sex and Unity (1 Corinthians 6:12-20) 4. Marriage models a bigger Unity (Ephesians 5:22-33) 5. Love your neighbour
Carl and Ross discuss questions from the talk on Genesis 2:4-25
Intro: Dogs? Reading carefully again The formula The Day What is Genesis 2? The Paradise The beginning The garden Rest A problem Humanity The man The animals The woman The picture Learning from Genesis 2 Trajectory? Humanity or environment? Dusty? Future?
Carl and Ross discuss questions from the talk on Genesis 1:14-2:3.
Introduction: Where did I come from? 1. Created as the pinnacle of God’s creation Patterns and broken patterns Science Philosophical worldviews 2. Created in the image of God Let us Male and female To fill and have dominion 3. The fulfilment of human destiny But we see him Fulfilled identity Secondary identity signifiers
Carl and Ross discuss questions for the Bible talk on Genesis 1:1-2:3
Introduction: Purpose? Reading carefully 1. Introducing the Creator and his Creation The heading Order from chaos Things we are not told 2. The Creator Creates By separating By filling 3. The Purpose of Creation Trajectory Beyond Eden Beyond the creation A Relationship