God sends a flood to cover the whole earth, while Noah and his family and the animals God brought to him are safe in the ark . . .

Noah builds the ark and God brings the animals to him . . .

John the Baptist comes preaching repentance and baptizing people, and then he baptizes Jesus . . .

The world is full of violence and corruption, but God shows favor to Noah . . .

The genealogy from Seth to Noah is remarkable for a number of reasons . . .

Wise men from the East come to visit Baby Jesus, while religious leaders in Jerusalem ignore Him and Herod tries to kill Him.

We come now to the world's first murder, the beginning of a long, sad history of human violence in the world . . .

We come to the bad news, the fall of Adam and Eve into sin. Yet, even here, we see God's good Gospel promise.

We jump over to the New Testament for our third episode, on Matthew 1, covering the genealogy of Jesus and His birth

We continue with our second episode, focused on the creation of people in the image of God and of marriage.