As we make our way through Genesis connecting this scroll to Christ, we come to a story about Abraham. When we think of Abraham sacrificing his son Isaac to God, we might think about how such a bizarre story ended up in the Bible. Why would God ask Abraham to do such a horrible thing?…
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Weekly Message- BibleProject: The Torah
Here is the first video in the Torah series presented by BibleProject. This video covers Genesis chapter 1-11 and sets the stage for the entire Bible. Enjoy!
The Story of The Bible (Genesis-Deuteronomy)
As we begin our study of going through the Bible, we must first begin in Genesis and begin to form the foundation of the story line of the Bible as well as the smaller narratives that flow into the larger narrative. In this article, we will cover the first five books of the Bible, Genesis…
The Fall (Part 2)
In the last article, we looked at the beginning of “the fall” story in Genesis 3 and began to dissect it. We talked about the serpent and how the satan begins to trick and deceive Eve and Eve’s response. This time, we are going to continue the narrative to find out exactly how the devil…
The Fall (part 1)
The story known as the “The Fall” in Genesis 3 is looked at usually as the point in which sin entered the world and we, as humans, made the tragic mistake of taking from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Although this may be true, there are so many more layers to this…
Creation: A Detailed View of Day 1 (part 2)
Creation: Day 1 (part 2) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
Creation: A Detailed View of Day 1 (part 1)
The Creation account in Genesis is probably one of the most beautiful, controversial, and intriguing passages of any text of all time. There is so much in the Creation account that we could spend our entire lives discussing and asking questions about how and why God did what He did. To some, it is just…
Creation: A Detailed View of Day 6 (part 2)
This is the last article in our Creation series. So far in the creation story, we have studied every aspect of creation except the last and most important piece, humans. God’s precious humans are made along with the animals on day 6 of creation. Last time, we looked at the animals. This time and to…
Patterns of Creation
Patterns in Creation When we look at the Creation account there are so many things to read and wonder about. There are also many things that catch one’s eye when reading this beautiful account. One of these things could be what we call a “pattern in creation”. This would be a pattern that we see…
The Creation Account (Days 1-3)
When you think of the universe, what do you think of? Stars, Planets, Galaxies, Meteors, basically everything in space. All of these are part of the universe, even earth is part of the grand universe we call space. One of the greatest controversial questions ever asked is, ‘Who or what made the universe?’ How did…
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