Intro: blessing?

1. The promise

2. The connections

3. The response

4. The fulfilment

Intro: big clean up

1. Don’t we need another flood?

2. Wasn’t the flood about New Creation?

3. Is that a rash promise?

4. A New Creation

Intro: Freedom

1. A dead end with Cain

2. A new beginning in Seth

3. Searching for a saviour

Intro: where is justice when you need it?

1. Reasons for the flood

2. The hero of the story

3. A new beginning

4. Living righteously in a hostile world

Intro: Why isn’t life always beautiful?

1. Creation: the opportunity to enjoy God’s best

2. Sin: God, that’s not your best

3. Does it get any better?

4. Can we hope for God’s best again?

Intro: Dogs?

1. Reading carefully again

2. The Paradise

3. Humanity

4. Learning from Genesis 2

Intro: The debate

1. The Foundation (Genesis 2:18-25)

2. Marriage and Unity (Matthew 19:1-12, Mark 10:1-12)

3. Sex and Unity (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)

4. Marriage models a bigger Unity (Ephesians 5:22-33)

5. Love your neighbour

Intro: where did I come from?

1. Created as the pinnacle of God’s creation

2. Created in the image of God

3. The fulfilment of human destiny

Intro: purpose?

1. Introducing the Creator and his creation

2. The Creator creates

3. The purpose of creation