Adorned Podcast

On this week’s episode we cover Genesis chapters 28-31.  As we zoom in on Jacob’s life one of the first things we see is that God promises to be with him.  This promise is also true for us today and can bring us so much peace and comfort.  Jacob married Leah and Rachel (yes, both of them) and has 12 children between his wives and 2 maidservants.  Even through this seemingly messy story, we are reminded that God is sovereign.  He is fulfilling His plan to bring a Savior to the world through Jacob’s lineage.  God continually provides for Jacob despite his sometimes wavering faith and sinfulness.  What great hope that brings to us today!

Resources: 

Gleanings in Genesis by A.W. Pink

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

For this week’s episode we invited our friend, Hannah Kalk onto the show to help us walk through Genesis 22-27.  These chapters cover most of Isaac’s life.  We start by discussing the tough story of how God asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.  Through this passage we learn that God is really looking at Abraham’s heart and wants him to be willing to be willing to do what He asks of him.  We believe that He wants the very same of us today.  Through the obedience of a prayerful servant of Abraham’s, Isaac meets and marries Rebekah who gives birth to twin sons that seemed to be at odds even from the womb.  Join us as we discuss what we can learn about God from taking a closer look at Isaac’s life.  

Quotes:

“God desires us to be willing to be willing.”

Resources:

The King In His Beauty by Thomas Schreiner

ESV Study Bible 

Truer and better Video Tim Keller

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On this week’s episode we walk through the second part of chapter 18 to chapter 21 of Genesis. We are very honest from this beginning of this episode that these are some tough passages to cover.  However, like we’ve said before, we believe that the whole Bible is important and that includes the hard parts and all!   In these chapters we continue to see the character of God through his faithfulness, mercy, justice, and patience.  For the first time we see the idea of substitutionary atonement when God is willing to allow the righteous to save the unrighteous in Sodom, although no righteous were found and the city was destroyed.  In chapter 21 God fulfills his promise of a son to Abraham and Sarah with the birth of Isaac.  Sarah’s joyful laughter following his birth reminds us that our true joy can only be found in The Lord!    

Quotes:

“Our motives need to be for God and God alone because if we’re doing it for the gratitude and it’s not there we’ll just get frustrated.”

“You do not have the power to mess up God’s plan.”

“It is so comforting to know that we are not in power, but God is!”

“Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching.”

Resources:

Grace for Sodom and Gomorrah 

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this week’s episode we discuss chapters 16 to the first part of 18 in the book of Genesis.  We see such a clear picture of the depravity of humanity when Sarai tries to take matters of fulfilling God’s promise into her own hands.  She tells Abram to conceive a child with her servant, Hagar, and when he does we clearly see the pain that comes along with the consequences of sin.  We look at how God is a God that both sees and hears us even in the midst of trials, many times caused by our own actions.  Throughout this passage God continues to remind Abram of his promises and that even though it seems impossible, through Him, they will be fulfilled. 

Quotes:

“He’s the same God today as the God who met Hagar in the wilderness. A God who sees.”

“God doesn’t just hear you and leave you there, but he meets you and sees you.” 

“God has more than one reason for his delays.  Often it is to test the faith of His children.  To develop their patience.  To bring them to the end of themselves.  His delays are in order so that when He does act his delivering power may be more plainly evident, that what He does may be more deeply appreciated, and that in that consequence he may be more illustriously glorified.” -AW Pink 

“The sign itself availed nothing; it had to be accompanied by a walk that was “blameless” (Gen. 17:1), which was not perfection but the orientation of one’s whole life to the promise, presence, and demands of God. In other words, the sign was only effectual for salvation if accompanied by faith, the demonstration of which was seen in being blameless.” -Ligonier Ministries 

Resources:

Gleanings in Genesis by A.W. Pink

The Isaac Factor 

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this week’s episode we cover chapters 12-15 of Genesis. We discuss the beginning of God creating a people for himself through Abram and his family. We look at the call to Abram, the covenant that God makes with him, and how these point us to Jesus. We see that the call to Abram, to have absolute confidence in God, is the same call for us today. We continue to see the repeating themes of how taking our eyes off God can lead to sin, and God reminding His people of that creation mandate - to be fruitful and to have dominion.

Quotes:

“Having dealt in judgement at Babel, God now deals in grace. This has been and will always be true of God’s dealings. According to His infinite wisdom, judgement only serves to prepare the way for greater manifestations of His redeeming love.”  - Gleanings from Genesis

“God’s purpose to give his creatures all they need to fulfill their lives in His creation as He intends for them” - Drama of Scripture

“The second you take your eyes off and put them on your circumstances your going to think, ‘I have got to fix this’. Forgetting the fact you are in the hands of the only one who has control over it.”

“His ability to fulfill his promises, even when we royally mess up, is true.”

“Faith doesn’t stop with belief. It’s accompanied with obedience. It’s resting in who God is and then acting from that place.”

“Our faith does not lie in our obedience but in who God is.”

“Our insecurities, fears, and doubts can never be banished by the knowledge of who we are. They can only be banished by the knowledge of I AM.” - Jen Wilkin

Resources:

The Gospel of Genesis 13 

The Drama of Scripture

Gleanings in Genesis by A.W. Pink

The Isaac Factor 

The Knowledge of the Holy by AW Tozer

The Gospel - Episode 8

The Gospel - Episode 9

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this week’s episode we recap a conference we attended and were incredibly blessed by. We discuss some of our favorite takeaways from the conference including the importance of the doctrine of God as well as a tiny intro into biblical theology. We also summarize Genesis chapters 1-11 in a speed recap. We point out how we have already seen the beginning of so many doctrines including the doctrine of God, then doctrine of humanity, the doctrine of sin, and even more. We also discuss our favorite takeaways from the first 11 chapters of Genesis. We talk about how in the first 11 chapters of this book we see God as creator, but now we transition for the rest of Genesis to see how God is creating a people for himself through Abraham’s family line. 

Quotes:

 “Where will the muscle memory of your heart take you when it comes to who God is?” -Elizabeth Woodson

 “God’s story of redemption. This is what the Bible is in four words.” 

“Why is it important to know the whole narrative of scripture? Because it’s God’s story.” - Caroline Smiley 

“It’s inerrant and its sufficient. I know it’s inerrant, but do I believe it’s enough. Do I believe its sufficient.”

 “Just because it’s confusing doesn’t mean you have to unconfusify it”

  “God desires us to be in relationship with him.” 

“The Lord has been teaching me that it’s ok to have questions.” 

“Wherever you have the divine and humanity meet there is always mystery.” - Jen Wilkin 

Resources:

The Drama of Scripture

Knowing Faith Podcast

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

In this episode we study Genesis 10 and 11. We discuss how God has a sense of humor. We laugh about misheard song lyrics. And we see more genealogy, yay!  Then we discuss what happens in the story of the tower of babel, and how God sometimes extends mercy, in order for a more glorious and more beautiful thing.  Our hope is that we can break down some of the confusion over this passage and draw attention to how sovereign our God is.   

Quotes:

 “God’s will is not that we found our joy in praise of man, but find joy in knowing and praising God.” -Piper   

“If you ask yourself ‘if no one saw me do this would I still do it?’ if the answer is no then you are doing it for the praise of man.”

“Yes God intends for us to live in community but he also intends for us to go and tell.”   

“We think if we obey in one area really well, that we will be exempt from having to obey elsewhere.”   

“Things that seem like a barrier are sometimes actually boundaries.”

“Sometimes God decides to be just, and sometimes we see Him extend mercy. When we see Him extend mercy, he does it for a purpose, it’s not like he forgot.” 

 “When He extends mercy, a lot of times it is because it will ultimately lead to a more beautiful more glorious thing.”   

Resources: 

ESV Study Bible 

John Piper - Pride of Babel

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On this week’s episode we tackle some tough passages, like the Nephilim and God’s sorrow over creation and whether or not fish were in the ark. We discuss how far sin has caused the world to fall, and God’s good and perfect plan of redemption and faithfulness shining through. Even though we have all heard the story of Noah’s Ark we glean something new as we dig deeper into God’s living and active word.  

Quotes:

“Everyone everywhere had forgotten about God and were only doing bad things all the time. God’s heart was filled with pain when he saw what had happened to the world He loved..” -Jesus Storybook Bible   

“Grace is the foundation of every life that is pleasing to God, grace is the source from which issues every blessing you receive.” - AW Pink Gleanings from Genesis   

“Genesis 6 is the first time we see the word grace.”  

“Faith is the antithesis of sin. Faith is more than an act  it is an attitude it is a submission to God’s government, yielding to His authority in compliance to His revealed will. Faith in God is coming to the end of myself, an entire dependence on God” - AW Pink   

“Erin: What’s his wife’s name? Kacie: She doesn’t have a name. HAHA”   

Resources: 

Gleanings in Genesis by A.W. Pink

Imperfect Courage by Jessica Honegger 

The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name 

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

On this week’s episode we discuss chapter 3 and the first part of chapter 4 of Genesis.  These are some difficult stories that are sometimes hard to process.  Satan enters the picture, the beginning of sin, Adam and Eve are cast out of the garden, and the first murder is committed. But even in what seems to be such a hopeless situation, God is giving us glimpses into His plan to send a redeemer.  He is so loving, gracious, and merciful to pursue His children even when we run from Him time and time again!   

Quotes:

“Adam and Eve were created to reflect God, but they chose to rival him.” -Jen Wilkin

“If sin is lawlessness, then righteousness is lawfulness.”

“How much joy for the creator if what he’s created finds joy in what He created them to do and to not do.” 

“Sin is any failure to conform to the moral law of God in act attitude or nature.” -Systematic Theology, Grudem

“Sin is doing what god’s word forbids or not doing what god’s word commands, in act, attitude or nature.”

“If we don’t understand the depth of the bad news, the good news isn’t going to seem as great.”

“This chapter, as doom and gloom as it is, forces us to accept the fact that we are broken and we are sinful, and we need a savior.”

“When God asks where are you? “This was not the voice of the policeman but the call of yearning love. Dark as is the background here it only serves more clearly to reveal the riches of god’s grace.” -A.W. Pink 

“Even when it’s our sin, God is the one stepping in to make a way.” 

“Without the fall, we wouldn’t see the beauty of grace in the same way.”

Resources:

The Ology: Ancient Truths, Ever New by Marty Machowski

Gleanings in Genesis by A.W. Pink

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*

This week we dive right into chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis.  We discuss how chapter 1 is a “drone type view” of creation while chapter 2 gives us a more zoomed in and personal look into this beautiful historical narrative.  We love how this really shows us the contrast of how God is infinite yet so very intimate.  When looking at the story of creation we want to remember that the “how” is not as important as the “why”.  There is so much that we can learn about God as well as ourselves in these very first chapters of the Bible!     

Quotes:

“God created the entire universe out of nothing it was originally very good and he created it to glorify himself“ -Systematic Theology, Grudem 

“If genesis 1:1 is true than we can believe everything else in bible.” -Tozer 

“What is crystal clear is that if something exists now, then there must be a supreme being from which all other beings become. The first assertion of the bible is in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. This text is foundational to all christian thought. It is not only a religious statement but a rationally necessary concept.” - R.C. Sproul 

“ The positive side of the fact that God created the universe out of nothing is that it has meaning and a purpose. God and his wisdom created it for something. We should try to understand that purpose and use creation in ways that fit that purpose namely to bring glory to God himself moreover whenever the creation brings us joy we should give thanks to the God who made it all“ -Systematic Theology, Grudem 

“God the father was the primary agent in initiating the act of creation. The son is often described as the one “through” whom creation came about and the spirit is generally pictured as completing or filling and giving life to the creation.” -Systematic Theology, Grudem 

“When God says that something is good, He is saying that it is perfect and complete.” -Jen Wilkin 

“What is a way that we can glorify God by enjoying His creation?”

“God rested to show that the earth was not just a place for business or for things to happen but a place to just “BE” or to exist.” -ESV Study Bible notes 

Resources:

The Song of Creation by Tim Keller 

God of Creation by Jen Wilkin 

Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem 

ESV Study Bible 

*The beautiful music heard on today’s episode is by Katie Cobbs*