Here we look at Genesis 7, Part 2 of the Flood story, when Noah and his family and pairs of every animal species enter the ark and the floodgates open. We'll see how the ark is put centre-stage, and how that helps us understand what God is doing through the flood....
Sunday Worship
Origin Stories (Part 7): Start Again
Today we'll look at Genesis 6, the beginning of the Flood narrative - one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. We'll meet Noah and God in the midst of what looks to be Evil pervading God's good creation and we'll observe their response to it. And then we'll...
Origin Stories (Part 6): Family Tree
In this sermon we looked at Genesis 5, the first official family tree in the Bible. We will look at the significance of being named, of being made in God's image, and of living out a story within history. https://youtu.be/PnTNWKcdeUk
Origin Stories (Part 5): Cain and Abel
What is this ancient story telling us about being human? What is it telling us about God? Clayton Nelson will lead us through Genesis 4 today and we will be asking these questions. https://youtu.be/Ly-u_p5ZXuA
Origin Stories (Part 4): The Fall
Our story today (from Genesis 3) paints a picture for us of what it means to be human. We get a picture of what it means to be human in Genesis 1-2 as well, but the full picture only comes as we read about the interaction between the serpent, the woman, the man, and...
Origin Stories (Part 3): Not Alone
Here OT scholar Dr. Lissa Wray Beal leads us through Genesis 2:18-25 (when God makes a helper for the human). She points to how the text reveals our human need for human companionship and to how God remedied what was "not good" by making a human counterpart similar to...