Genesis – The Origins of Everything This Sunday will be our final study in the Origins of Everything from Genesis for the moment. We will return to consider the rest of Genesis in the coming years. As we read Genesis 20-22 (and please do this before Sunday!), we notice there are numerous narratives about Abraham’s life after God’s […]

Genesis – The Origins of Everything Then Abraham said, “Let the Lord not be angry, and I will speak one more time.  Suppose 10 [righteous people] are found there?” God answered, “I will not destroy it on account of 10.” (Genesis 18:32 HCSB) Then the angels  said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here: a son-in-law, your […]

Genesis – The Origins of Everything Abram believed the Lord, and He credited it to him as righteousness. (Genesis 15:6 HCSB) This weekend we’re returning to the book of Genesis, picking up the story of Abram after he has defeated the kings of the plains, rescued Lot, and been blessed by Melchizedek, the King of Salem (Genesis 14). How […]

Living with Purpose Magnification – Mission – Membership – Maturity For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life — a ransom for many. (Mark 10:45 HCSB) Jesus Christ serves both God and us through his death and resurrection. How then ought we to live […]

Living with Purpose The New Testament writers used many metaphors to describe how God works in and through his people. What spiritual reality might you be describing if you described  a building under construction, a father’s height, a seedling, a body, and a child? The Apostle Paul uses many of these images in a single […]