God hardens human hearts:

(Under the second point, Mark adapted the subpoints from John Piper's excellent sermon on this passage here.)

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Here are the four points for Scott's message:

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We will not be able to understand the God of the Bible until we understand that He is a God-centered God! (And that this is good news!)

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The early church is sometimes wrongly used to support Old Earth Creationism. When we examine what was actually said, the case is just the opposite! Greg and Zach also look at the Reformed confessions and Genesis 1 itself to defend the six literal day creation view.

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This week we covered seven theological distinctives of our church:

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What exactly is the "old earth" vs. "young earth" debate among how Christians interpret Genesis 1?

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If the title seems hard to believe, please give some time to listen to the message with an open Bible nearby!

Those who deny this passage teaches *unconditional election* to salvation have *two main ways* by which they seek to avoid this conclusion:

1) One is to say that this passage is about temporal blessings and judgments on *nations in history* — rather than the salvation of individuals.

2) The other is to say this passage is about individual salvation, but that God makes His choice based on *human free will decisions* to believe.

In contrast to these views, why do we hold that Paul really does teach *unconditional election to salvation* in this important and humbling chapter?

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Here are the three points from Scott's message:

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This is the second week as the team continues to introduce the basic themes of Genesis, especially as regards to God as the Creator.

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