Noah’s descendants are corrupted by sin just as the humans had been before the flood. This time they decide to build a tower up to the heavens in order to "make a name for themselves". While this is ridiculous on its face, God got the message loud and clear. In yet another act of justice and mercy, God sabotages their operation by confusing their language and dispersing them all over the planet. The dividing lines of ethnolinguistic groups are put into place to both frustrate human hubris and awaken humans to their spiritual need. Find out in this sermon about this great dispersal and the great reversal that is brought about by God through Christ.

Genesis of Everything :: Pattern | Genesis 6-9

By Robert Krumrey

Humans sin, sin proliferates, and sin proliferates even more until every thought of every intention in the human heart is nothing but evil. So much so that God grieves over his creation of human beings and regrets the day they were born. God has a plan for dealing with this and it includes a comprehensive judgment and a plan to save Noah and his family from the impending doom. Find out more about this story, what it means, and how it sets a pattern for what God will do ultimately in Christ.

Genesis of Everything :: Story

Genesis 4:1-26

By Robert Krumrey

We leave Genesis chapter 3 wondering how bad “the fall” of humanity is really going to be. At first, things seem to be going according to plan - humans are procreating and administrating. Crops are being planted; herds are being tended. People are even interacting with God. That is, until sin rears its ugly head and goes on a murderous rampage to kill every human who ever lives. Find out more in this sermon about the story of sin and the one who sovereignly saves us from it.

Genesis of Everything :: Offspring

Genesis 3:14-24

By Robert Krumrey

The consequences of breaking relationship with God are painful (literally) but humans are not without hope. Painful labor and delivery will fill the earth with image bearers. Toilsome labor will produce culture and bring forth food and shelter for survival. And all that production and procreation will bring forth an offspring that will one day crush sin, death, and hell itself. Find more in this sermon about an Offspring that will make all things new.

Genesis 1&2 give us a beautiful cosmos perfectly ordered in every way. The relationships between humans and God, humans and humans, humans and themselves, even humans and the earth are all working in concert and contributing to the kind of thriving we all long for. The question is, “What happened?”. Genesis 3 tells us what indeed did happen to the created cosmos and the rest of the Bible tells us how God is putting all back together again. Find out more in this sermon about the creation and fall of the cosmos.

Genesis of Everything :: Design

Genesis 2:4-25

By Robert Krumrey

Just when we thought we were done with our origin story of how the universe came to be, we are given a second rendering of what happened at the beginning. This time it’s a close up of the creation of human beings. Find out in this sermon what Genesis 2 reveals about what a human being is (ontology) and what a human being is for (teleology).

Genesis of Everything :: Rest

Genesis 2:1-3

By Robert Krumrey

God finishes his very good cosmos including his co-regents human beings and rests. Not because he is tired but because he wants to communicate some very profound truths about the universe, his relationship with human beings, and how we are to go about stewarding our time. Find out more in this sermon on the 7th day of creation when God (along with us) rest from our work.

Genesis of Everything :: Glory

Genesis 1:26-31

By Robert Krumrey

God in his greatness and goodness participates in a six-day symphonic creation that crescendos in a glorious finale - the creation of human beings. These glorious creations are made to bear the image of God and do so in an abundance of ways. Find out in this sermon about the dignity and dominion given to every human being on the planet.

Genesis of Everything :: Good

Genesis 1:1-25

By Robert Krumrey

We learn in Genesis 1:1 that God can create out of nothing. In Genesis 1:2 we see him working with a world that is formless, void and completely dark. God, the consummate artist, takes a watery chaos and forms it and fills it resulting in a wonder-full universe. Find out in this sermon how God goes about accomplishing this massive and intricate task and what it reveals about our Creator God.

Genesis of Everything :: Reveal

Genesis 1:1

By Robert Krumrey

Humans are meaning makers and they are consistently on the hunt for their purpose in life. Who are we and what on earth are we here for? The book of Genesis has some profound answers that take us all the way before the creation of the universe, where a self-existent God came up with everything including us. Find out more about this God and who he has made us to be in this sermon (and ongoing sermon series) from Genesis.