Genesis 3:8-24 // If the LORD God drew near to Adam and Eve in humanity’s very first sin, why would we expect Him to do otherwise with us? The God who comes near does so deliberately—meeting our sin with real consequences, yet never without mercy. Even now, He moves toward us not to abandon or destroy, but to seek, to cover, and to restore.

Genesis 3:1-7 // The heart of temptation is found in the enticement of a desire for freedom, a desire for power, and a desire for pleasure. Christ shows us the way out of temptation, and breaks bread with us so that we may not be led into it.

Genesis 2:18-24 // 

Genesis 2:4-17 // We were created to work, but our work in the world is not for the purpose of production and advancement—but for creative cultivation with God. To regain our ability to work with joy and meaning, we must learn to see it as a stewardship from God leading to faithful trust in God's own work in Christ.

Genesis 2:1-3 // By examination of God's Rest, we find how we are invited into it. Rest is not simply the stopping of work, but is a positive good. Resting in God is the end (goal) of life. Rest is a contemplative enjoyment and a gift. To learn to rest we must unharden our hearts, runs to Christ's work, and embrace the joys of the soul.

Genesis 1:14-31 // The world is alive with the glory of God, if we are awake to see it. Throughout he creation narrative we see how God creates enchanted time, enchanted abundance, enchanted dignity, enchanted stewardship, and fulfills it all with "very good".

Genesis 1:3-13 //  The song of creation draws us towards God in two ways: 1) Creation is deeper than you see; 2) Creation is better than you believe. 

Genesis 1:1-3 // Distance from our story means distance from meaning. If we get the beginning wrong, we are in danger of getting the whole thing wrong. So let’s answer two questions together: 1) Why Does God create?; and 2) How Does God Create?

Jude 17-25 // Jude exhorts us to keep ourselves in the love of God. We can do this because of (a) our distinctly holy devotion to Him and (b) His assurance to wholly keep us in him to the end.

Jude 5-16 // Salvation is at stake in our  vigilance over life and doctrine. No one persists in faith by accident. Jude gives us three negative examples of how not to keep awake and aware, so that we might learn how to stay vigilant.