Genesis 9 contains one of the most puzzling and mysterious stories in the Bible—the “uncovering of Noah’s nakedness” by his son Ham and Noah’s curse of Ham’s son. What is happening in that story? How does it connect to Jesus and the Canaanite woman who comes to him begging for deliverance for her daughter? Are generational and bloodline curses real? What is the good news of Jesus about them?

What does the coming of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 have to do with Genesis 6:1-4 and Genesis 11 and the story of Babel. The Divine Council worldview of the Bible. To rightly understand Pentecost we need to understand Genesis 1-12, but to rightly understand Genesis 1-12 we need to understand the Divine Council Worldview that undergirds all of Scripture.

We gathered a panel of women to discuss what is like learning to follow Jesus as women and moms who have experienced the loss of children, the complexities of adoption, blended families and single parenting after being widowed.

How do you view the world around you? How do you imagine the spiritual realm and natural realm? How do they interact? What about you, how do you imagine yourself within that? The scriptures describe our world as one that is locked in a territorial spiritual war with spiritual beings that have been given power and jurisdiction over people groups and land. The good news is that in the New Testament, Jesus announces that He is the stronger man over all spiritual powers. The writers of the New Testament declare the good news that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth and that we can choose to surrender our lives and allegiance to Him and come into His kingdom under his rule and be filled with his very Spirit. What do you imagine is really taking place in you and through you as a son or daughter of God? How we imagine and understand this reality has massive implications for how we see the world around us.

The Holy Spirit is not only interested in facilitating spiritual intimacy with the Father, He is interested in revealing and empowering us for our God-given purpose. The Holy Spirit is interested in filling and empowering our unique gifting, calling, passions and skill sets so that we can be people who bring the Kingdom of God into our work, business, activities and whole life. He’s interested in every part of our lives.

Ever since God walked in the garden with Adam and Eve he has been looking to be near to us again in intimacy. Just like Adam and Eve, because of our brokenness and sin we are tempted to live in hiding and in shame, but when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to not only be with us, but to live in us, He made the greatest move toward us of all time. We don’t need to hide anymore.

What do we do when we have a dream or vision for our life that seems to be going horribly wrong? How do we navigate the difference between our plans in our way and God’s plan, God’s way? The story of Joseph can give us a helpful framework for how to recognize God’s plan and submit ourselves to God’s way to work out that plan.

Have you ever wondered what happened when Jesus died? Where did he go? What did he experience? A key to understanding this might be in Jesus’ words to Mary “Don’t hang on to me, I haven’t ascended yet to my Father and your Father.” In his gospel, John draws on the rich symbolism of Genesis often, and in the story of the betrayal, death and resurrection of Jesus John uses beautiful connections to the the story of Eden to express the fullness of what Jesus has accomplished in his death and resurrection. This isn’t just a story about how our personal sins are forgiven and our ticket to heaven when we die, this is a cosmic story with cosmic implications.

Good Friday 2026

The triumphal entry is one of the most widely known stories in scripture, but have you ever wondered why the crowd who is cheering and singing while Jesus rides in on a donkey are yelling “crucify him” a few days later? What if there is more going on in this story? Maybe, what it looks like for God to go to battle to free his people doesn’t look the way they think it should. To understand Palm Sunday, we need to back up to another pivotal moment, the transfiguration.