Genesis opens the Bible with some of its most profound and enriching pages. It tackles some of the most fundamental … More
Category: #2: Genesis
Genesis 1 part 2: Why’s It So Great To Be Human?
Genesis: a fantastic book that answers so many of our most basic questions! In our last post we went right … More
Genesis 2: And What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Genesis 2 moves on to present the arrival of humankind. And what it gives us is extremely important; it describes … More
Genesis 3: Why Is Our World Such A Mess?; And The 5 Crucial Temptations
Genesis 3 is an incredibly helpful chapter. It shows us the historical catastrophe that ruined our world; it records also … More
Genesis 4: Why Is Our Culture In Such A Mess?
There’s a vast amount that’s enormously important in Genesis 3 and 4. People often express a sense that something is, … More
Genesis – Answering The Standard Questions
Why are we feeding on Genesis? Why do we believe it? And how do we answer the questions that we’re … More
Adam and Eve: When and Where?
In recent decades we’ve needed people who can work out how a high view of the Bible’s reliability coheres with contemporary cosmology … More
Old Testament Intro Course 2: Foundations (1)
WELCOME TO THE BANQUET! What we’ll to try to do in the rest of this course (and what you can … More
Genesis 5
After the Bible’s profound first four chapters, whatever can we learn from something like the genealogy in Genesis 5? Well, … More
Genesis 6
This site’s aim, we’ve said, is partly to learn what we can from the Bible’s chewier parts… So can we … More
Genesis 6 and 7: The Flood
What practically do we, Jesus’ disciples, learn from the Flood? It’s always good to ask, what does the new testament … More
Genesis 7 – the Flood again
Sometimes people say: However can you Christians believe in the flood? Well: we can’t prove it; we don’t have videos … More
Genesis 11 and 12 – Part 1
Genesis (with Exodus) is the deeply foundational book of the old testament, as we’ve seen from its opening chapters: What’s … More
Genesis 11 and 12 – Part 2
The tower of Babel speaks straight into my own life! How? There’s nothing more vital than that we `live by … More
Genesis 12 to 14
Abram’s story again: What’s God’s first massive lesson for us about growing in faith? Genesis has lots to show us… … More
Genesis 15
Today we’re with the key new testament verse about Abram, embodying the very heart of our gospel: ‘Abraham believed God, … More
Genesis 16 and 17
So what’s our third great lesson in faith from Abram? It’s Genesis 16: the classic story of how not to … More
Genesis 18 and 19
Ok, Sodom’s history now. How can we `everyday Christians` be fed from these events? Genesis 18: The Lord in human form … More
Genesis 22 – Part 1
So now we come to Abraham’s last huge lesson in his lifelong growth in faith; Genesis 22. Some things in … More
Genesis 22 – Part 2
Faith is utterly central to our Christian life; God’s people `live by faith`, we’re told. So God is very motivated … More
Genesis 24
OK, Genesis 24, time for a love story: how Isaac gets a wife. And there’s this, from Abraham: `The Lord, … More
Genesis 26 and 27: Isaac
Abram’s story has shown us a huge amount about what faith means. What can we learn from Isaac’s story? Two … More
Genesis 25 to 28: Jacob
Genesis, we’ve seen, is the vital book of foundations. What is God like (ch1)? What does it mean to be … More
Genesis 32
Ever thought of Jesus as a wimp? Well, today in Genesis 32 we see Jesus as a wrestler. We’ve seen … More
Genesis 37 to 41: Joseph
So, the next of Genesis’ big lessons for us, how God rescues people: how do you sort out a conceited … More
Genesis 39: sex, and Joseph
Last time we started on Joseph. So this time, sexual temptation… Part of Joseph’s salvation and training involved him being … More
Genesis 48 to 50
When I was an English literature student I was taught that, to grasp a great book, you must work on … More
