Sin at the Door
The story of Cain and Able is not just about two brothers that can’t get along. It’s not just a tragic story of hatred and murder. This story is ultimately about God.
The story of Cain and Able is not just about two brothers that can’t get along. It’s not just a tragic story of hatred and murder. This story is ultimately about God.
When it comes down to it, the world would rather the God of, “Let there be,” not exist. They would rather live in the insanity of living in a world of I-don’t-knows, foundationless purpose and meaning, and fluid morals and ethics. Genesis 1:1-2 began to introduce us to this God who created the heavens and…
In Genesis 5, we have the account of Adam’s family that traces through his son Seth to Noah. A short record of men that lived and, no doubt, did many things. They probably faced many struggles and heartaches. As we go through this, keep in the back of your mind the question, “why did God…
As we read through Genesis 2:4-17, we encounter two trees. We find the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We also find something else that we as Bible students recognize, a covenant.
It is very telling that the root of culture is founded in the death of Abel and the sin of Cain. Cain’s sin brought isolation to him and his family line. Cain’s sin brought corruption to his family. Yet, not all is lost for we find that, despite the failure of Cain and his offspring,…
The answer to why we have problems is sin. Sin is why there is unrest between people and sin is why God seems distant. Genesis 3:8-13.
In this message, we are going to start our exposition of the first book of the Bible. Why should we spend time going through this book? Because it is the origin story. Dave Block points out six different doctrines that are introduced in the book of Genesis. These six are not all that we find…