The Genesis of the Tithe and Priesthood (Genesis 14:17–24) Last week we watched Abram march north with 318 trained men and three Amorite allies to rescue his nephew Lot. This Lord’s Day we came to what happened on the way…
The Battle of Five Kings Against Four (Genesis 14:1–16) Pastor Mike began by reminding us of the two goals he set for every sermon in this series back in January—to preach Christ, and to offer practical application for believers today.…
This Lord’s Day our pulpit was filled by our brother and friend, missionary A. M. Kuriachan, who labors with the gospel in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. He came to us with a single sentence he was not willing to let…
Two weeks ago we entered the sixth toledot of Genesis—the generations of Terah—and followed Abram out of Ur of the Chaldeans, north to Haran where the family lingered, and at last into the land of Canaan at seventy-five years old…
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…
