Tag: genesis
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Day 016: When God Makes a Covenant (Genesis 15:17-18)
17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram… (Genesis 15:17-18a) Through the Bible: Genesis 12-15 There is a strange (and fairly gruesome) ancient near east custom described in…
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Day 001: Formless and Empty (Genesis 1)
Through the Bible: Genesis 1-3 “The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 ESV Believers accept on faith that God created ex nihilo—from nothing. So a careful reader might be bothered by…
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Day 019: What Abraham’s Servant Teaches us About Discerning God’s Will (Genesis 22-24)
12 And he said, “O Lord, God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today and show steadfast love to my master Abraham. 13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. 14 Let the young woman to whom I shall say, ‘Please let down your jar…
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Day 017: Seeking After The God Who Sees (Genesis 16-18)
13 So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing, for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.” Genesis 16:13 Originally written January 17, 2021 Update, January 17, 2022: In the year since we buried her husband, this woman I wrote about in this post…
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Day 003: What Was Babel About? (Genesis 11:6-7)
“And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand…
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Day 002: Why Did God Choose Noah? (Genesis 6:8-9)
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. 9 These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. (Genesis 6:8-9) Through the Bible: Genesis 4-7 Of all the people in the world, God chose Noah to build the ark, gather the animals, and…
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Jesus in Genesis #5: Shelter from the Storm
Sermon Preached October 22, 2017; Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, AL; James Jackson, Lead Pastor
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God’s Design For Marriage
This is part 3 in our sermon series “Jesus in Genesis,” first preached October 1, 2017 at Glynwood Baptist Church, Prattville, AL
