David wants to build a house for the Lord, but God promises that David's descendants will sit on his throne forever. What does this mean? How does this tap into our longing for a just, righteous ruler as revealed in Jesus?

The Prophet Isaiah speaks of a time of restoration that will come, both of the return from exile an the ultimate restoration through the Messiah yet to come. Jesus picks up these words and uses them as the outline of His ministry in Luke's gospel.

The prophet Isaiah steps forward in longing and pleading for God to show up and bring ultimate healing and deliverance for a people stranded in the midst of terrorizing events.

This series concludes with the death of Abraham. We will explore the legacy of Abraham’s faith through the lenses of Genesis and Hebrews, with some slight reflections on the multi-generational aspect of God’s promises and the beginnings of Isaac’s life story in Genesis 24. What do you want your legacy of faith to be? What are you doing to get there?

Genesis 23 recounts the death of Sarah and Abraham’s honoring of her by acquiring a special burial place and grieving. Oftentimes, Sarah is remembered for her mistreatment of Hagar & Ishmael and for laughing at God’s promise of a child. But what truly is Sarah’s legacy of faith, and how might we all learn from her about developing a stronger faith life?

God provides the promise-child, Isaac. Then, he asks Abraham to sacrifice that promise-child. This is one of the most important and powerful passages in the entire Bible. God is faithful to His promises more than we understand and God is faithful in sacrifice more than we can imagine. What does this mean to us and how should we read this passage Christologically?

Abraham and Sarah extend hospitality to three divine visitors, where the promise is reaffirmed again. Sarah thinks it’s funny. At the same time, judgment is coming down on Sodom, where Lot lives, and Abraham bargains with God about these things. How do we live, like Abraham, as a person of faith in the midst of God’s promises and the problems of life?

Here we encounter a third and more specific outline of both God’s covenant promises and the demands laid upon Abram. The reality of the promise will be physically signified in the arrival of the much-anticipated child (‘seed’) of promise. The acceptance of the covenant is tangibly signified through the human activity of circumcision. In the midst of this, God gives new names to this couple: Abraham and Sarah. What is God doing here and what does it mean for us to tangibly signify our acceptance of God’s promises today? How do these tangible signs relate to what God did for us in Jesus Christ?