1.  In some ways, chapter 5 is like hitting fast-forward in the Genesis story. How does mankind get from being made in the “image of God” to thinking “nothing but evil all the time” (Gen. 6:5)? God is all-knowing, so this doesn’t catch Him off-guard. Yet, the “LORD regretted” making mankind. How does this reveal sin never stays hidden, never stays small, and always hurts others?2.  While mankind w...  Read More

Genesis 9 (HCSB)God’s Covenant with Noah9 God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. 2 The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority. 3 Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave ...  Read More

Genesis 8 (HCSB)The Flood Recedes8 God remembered Noah, as well as all the wildlife and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water began to subside. 2 The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped. 3 The water steadily receded from the earth, and by the end of 150 days the ...  Read More

Genesis 7 (HCSB)Entering the Ark7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 You are to take with you seven pairs, a male and its female, of all the clean animals, and two of the animals that are not clean, a male and its female, 3 and seven pairs, male and female, of the birds of the sky—in o...  Read More

Genesis 6:9-22 (HCSB)God Warns Noah9 These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man,blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth. 13 Th...  Read More

Genesis 6:1-8 (HCSB)Sons of God and Daughters of Men6 When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves. 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit will not remain with mankind forever,because they are corrupt. Their days will be 120 years.” 4 The Nephilim were o...  Read More

The Fatal ChoiceStudy The Word: Recognize the damage sin causes and turn from all sin to follow Christ.Key Truth: Satan seeks to draw us into sin (Genesis 3:1-6).Key Truth: Giving in to temptation brings consequences (Genesis 3:7-24).Family Connection: Continue the discussion after church!What did you learn about the devil and his temptations? What were the consequences for Adam and Eve's choice? ...  Read More

1.     The first question in the Bible actually comes from Satan and is meant to instill doubt about God’s providence.   Wisdom is knowing the right thing AND doing it. Why is it important to see that Satan is “cunning,” not wise? Up to this point, there is no “bad” in creation, only “good.” When Adam & Eve’s eyes were opened, what new thing did they see? Why was that bad?2.     God’s first questi...  Read More

Romans 6:17-23 (HCSB)17 But thank God that, although you used to be slaves of sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were transferred to, 18 and having been liberated from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. 19 I am using a human analogy because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you offered the parts of yourselves as slaves to moral impurity, and to greater and...  Read More

Genesis 5:1-32 (HCSB)The Line of Seth5 These are the family records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God; 2 He created them male and female. When they were created, He blessed them and called them man. 3 Adam was 130 years old when he fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4 Adam lived 800 years after t...  Read More

Genesis 4:1-26 (HCSB)Cain Murders Abel4 Adam was intimate with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have had a male child with the Lord’s help.” 2 Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground. 3 In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to the Lord.4 And Abel also ...  Read More

Genesis 3:8-24 (HCSB)Sin’s Consequences8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard You in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.” 11 Th...  Read More