Sermons on Genesis
Sacrifice
The Book of Jesus, Part 5: Sacrifice I bring to the table my sacrifice … which frankly does include: the family. The money. The life. The mindset. The directions of life. The hopes and dreams that we have. My sacrifice is the acknowledgement of my worship to God. … [As Warren Wiersbe wrote,] ‘The Christian who fails at life fails first at the altar.’ BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Shattered, Part 5
SHATTERED, Part 5: Society Shattered The theme of this story is about not finding our eternal security and ultimate meaning of life based upon a life that is built to honor ourselves. … This message points out that we strive often to be God ourselves, instead of learning to be image-bearers of God. The Tower of Babel attempts to reach God by ‘my own standards’—we try, in a sense, to fashion a life that exalts myself, my society, my way,…
Shattered, Part 4
SHATTERED, Part 4: Good Shattered God is making a point here that God’s favor falls on those who rest in His grace. Ultimately these verses show us humanity’s sin, and that that sin breaks the heart of the Lord. It breaks the heart of Yahweh to the point [at which] his wrath must purify the earth. And yet, in the midst of that just wrath for our corruption, God’s grace is still made available for those who rest in Him.…
Shattered, Part 3
SHATTERED, PART 3: Family Shattered We’re all infected by sin. Our souls are stained with it. Only Jesus’s blood can wash us clean. If we are to be a whole people—individuals [who are] fully who God created us to be, undivided, without constant regret or remorse, not hiding—then we need to seriously look at our own sin and wrap our heads around our true state. Not continuing to believe that our will is somehow inherently good, that our desires are…
Shattered, Part 2
Shattered, Part 2: Freedom Shattered Sin is not just an activity. … In reality, sin is you. Sin is me. Because the only thing that’s perfect is the Holy God, and if I walk away from a relationship with the Holy God, I am very quickly unholy—which is what the story of Genesis 3 really initiates. … We live a life that tries to say, even as Christians, “Yeah, Jesus is the answer, but let’s just deal with behavior modification.”…
Shattered, Part 1
SHATTERED, Part 1: Perfection Shattered You are hopeless and helpless in sin! It’s bad, guys. … Except this is also where the redemption story starts. This is why when we teach scripture, it’s attached to the gospel. The gospel is the GOOD NEWS. Left to yourself, there’s not a behavior you can live — there’s not a lifestyle you can have, there’s not an amount of money you can offer to the poor, there’s not an amount of time you…
Origins, Part 4
Origins, Part 4: He Rested, Therefore I Find My Rest “Worship is not just a physical protocol of a checked-off list of things to follow and things to do; but it instead is a heart of reflection, a heart of observance, of reverence, of recognition. It’s a heart of total dependence upon the Creator God of the universe. … It’s much easier for [God] to give me a checklist and for me to check it off than it is for…
Origins, Part 3
Even though physically we don’t look like God, internally, deeply spiritually, the RUAH of God sets us apart and says my identity is defined by my relationship to the almighty Creator Elohim, God of the universe.
Origins, Part 2
Every one of us has walked into this place this morning with something that concerns us. … We’ve got something lingering over our heads, somehow, small or big. The beauty of Genesis is [that] when we learn to live in awe of the Creator, we no longer have to live in awe of the circumstances of our lives. … The story of Genesis is not “a cosmic accident.” It’s a story of life! It’s a story of God instilling life and direction.
Origins, Part 1
What you believe about the origins of all things will affect everything about the way you live. … Genesis 1 really is the very strong foundation to understanding of the entirety of the whole story of God, from the beginning of scripture all the way to the end.