Thus far in our study of Genesis, much of what has been said would be agreeable to Bible-believing Christians of all stripes—creation, marriage, the fall, and God’s judgment of the Flood. But at Genesis 12 the ground divides. The dispensational…
This week we entered the fifth toledot section of Genesis—an entire book devoted to a genealogy. The sermon opened, perhaps unexpectedly, with Ruth. Moses closes that book with a genealogy too. But as the sermon pressed: genealogies in Scripture are…
This week we came to the close of the fourth toledot section of Genesis—the account that stretches from Noah to Abraham. Just as the flood marked a decisive turning point in human history, so does the Tower of Babel. We…
Yesterday we returned to Genesis and to a chapter most of us skim in our yearly Bible reading—the strange, hard-to-pronounce names of Genesis 10. But we saw that this is no mere filler between Noah and Abraham; it may be…
Yesterday we came to the close of Book Three of Genesis — nearly four chapters that have fixed our attention on one man, Noah. Genesis 9:18–29 is a tragic text, and yet, like the fall in Genesis 3, it is…
Yesterday, we returned to Genesis and to the middle of chapter 9, where God expounds the covenant he had spoken in his heart at the end of chapter 8. After reviewing the whole sweep of the story so far—creation, the…
Genesis 8 closed with God’s vow of common grace — that he would never again destroy humanity by a flood — even though sin had not been washed away and the curse remained. Yesterday, in Genesis 9:1–7, we saw what…
Yesterday, we watched Noah step out of the ark and into a world reborn. After more than a year afloat, the waters had receded, and dry ground was in plain view — yet Noah did not move. Almost two months…
“But God Remembered” — Genesis 8:1–13 This morning we returned to the ark — still floating, still waiting, with Noah and his family now well over a year into their journey on the waters. The world had been effectively undone.…
This Lord’s Day we came to Genesis 7, the account of the flood itself. After a century of construction and faithful preaching, Noah received the final command: enter the ark. God gave a seven-day warning before the rains would begin…
