The Importance of Family Family has been described as “the glue which holds the fabric of society together.” From the very beginning, family has been central to God’s plan. 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” In Genesis 2:18 , God says,…

Noah’s Garden and a Family Failure So We are in a second cycle after the wind has brought about the new creation God's wind, caused the wind to blow over the waters, recession of the flood. We've got a new Adam and Eve, Noah and his wife be fruitful and multiply. This is gonna go great, right? We're…

Introduction Like I said last week, this year I’ve decided to approach Christmas a little differently. Instead of focusing on the usual joys surrounding the birth of Jesus, I want to address a struggle many of us face: the feeling that we’ve lost the joy of Christmas. This week we will be discussing…

Noah's Ark and the Flood Debate What I wanna do is for us to reflect on the flood story as we just experienced it, and to let that re-frame how we come to consider these questions, or at least inform how we come to these questions. If you don't have, like worked out conviction about this subject that…

God’s Covenant With Noah Noah sacrifice becomes the gateway or the pivot which releases divine blessing. And God's first covenant in the story of the Bible. Genesis 9:1–7 (LEB) And God (Elohim) blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth(land). And fear…

Introduction As Paul closes his letter to the Romans, he offers a beautiful doxology, praising God for revealing a mystery hidden for ages, now made known through the gospel of Jesus Christ. This mystery, once concealed, now empowers us as believers to live in God’s strength and bring glory to His name.…

Introduction Not only was Paul a teacher, a preacher, a leader, theologian, he was also a man of community. Paul shows us that we are not supposed to do this life alone. As he shepherded the Church he formed relationships with many. In the End of This passage he shows his loyalty to many of the relationships…

Noah’s Sacrifice and God’s Blessing 20 And Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and he took from all the clean animals and from all the clean birds, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. 21 And Yahweh smelled the soothing fragrance, and Yahweh said to himself, “Never again will I curse the ground for the…

Introduction Paul writing to the assembly in Rome. Finally in completely opposite fashion from the English way of Doing things is telling us why he wrote this letter. He hopes/trust/desires to travel through Rome getting there help as he goes to Spain to take the gospel to the people that had been separated…