In today’s episode, we begin Abraham’s story. This guy marks the transition from “Primeval History” to “Patriarchal History” in the book of Genesis. In the grand story as a whole, this is the spot where God begins His redemptive work for the cosmos and those within it. Because of that, we really need to absorb and understand what’s happening here, and we are invited to delight in God’s amazing faithfulness despite Abraham’s (and all of our) unfaithfulness.

God is so good.

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To close out the opening movement of the biblical story in general and Genesis in particular, today we dive into the story of the Tower of Babel, the tower “with its head in the skies.” As we’ll see in this episode, more happens at the Babel event than first meets the eye, and we have to look forward to Deuteronomy to understand exactly what that was. What did happen adds a third problem to the Serpent and the giants introduced in the first two Failure narratives. Three problems to solve. Three twists of God’s good world. Who will solve them and iron everything out?

We’ll just have to see.

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The Flood story in Genesis 6-9 is a controversial one for many reasons, and the questions that we want answered because of it (Was it global or local? When did this happen? How big was the boat exactly?) are super important to ponder. However, those questions must be secondary to learning why this story is told. It is a story of lament and cosmic collapse, but we will see that it is not the end. God has a plan.

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In this episode, we continue to deepen our understanding of holiness and how it applies to us as Jesus’ people. This is Part 2 from a previous episode, and it is another from the Kids in Care ministry through my church.

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We explore the tragic but important story of Cain and Abel in today’s episode. Far more than just a moralistic tale about taking care of your sibling, this story furthers the theology behind at-the-tree moments, and it continues to flesh out all the manifestations of that choice.

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Genesis is an amazing book, and going through it slowly is so vital. In this session, we plod through chapters 2-3 and see God’s generous call and humanity’s unfortunate decision to not answer it. We go from ideal to exile, from temple to wilderness.

This episode is another from my church's Kids in Care ministry. In it, we explore the concept of holiness and how we may already understand this heady biblical word better than we think.

In this episode, we explore the beauty that is Genesis 1. Our main focus is trying to learn what the original authors wanted us to hear and to see the answers to the questions they were asking rather than the ones we traditionally approach the text with. We must internalize the meaning of this text as we move forward with our study of The Story.

My and my wife’s precious son makes an appearance in this episode, so enjoy the cute babbles in the midst of the teaching!

In this episode, we explore an undeniably important biblical concept: righteousness.

This comes from my church’s Kids in Care ministry. This ministry has the mission of providing biblical teaching and encouragement to kids who are in really rough situations. These lessons go to foster care facilities, and as such, the tone and content are geared toward that audience. But the core truth is preserved.

In this episode, we try to summarize the entire story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation.