Foundations: Genesis 1-11

Genesis 11:10-12:4a | “Generations of Man”

May 8, 2024

Genesis 10:1-11:9 | “Pride, Judgment…and Grace”

May 1, 2024

Genesis 9 | “New Start, Old Story”

April 24, 2024

Genesis 8 | "Exchanging Gifts"

April 17, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 8

Genesis 7 | "The Zoo Cruise"

April 10, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 7

Genesis 7 is set in time seven days before the onset of the global deluge. The construction of the ark is complete. The supplies are stored. The living cargo alone remains to be housed. The high drama of judgment and salvation is about to be unveiled.

Genesis 6 | "Sorrow and Salvation"

April 3, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 6

As the depravity of rebellion accelerated in human history, God intervened. This chapter is misunderstood when described as the story of the flood. It is the story of a righteous man named Noah, a parenthesis in the genealogy of Seth. In every generation and despite sin, God succeeds with men and women of holiness.

Genesis 5 | "Ancestry.com"

March 27, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 5

Following the account of human sin and death, Genesis now sets out the genealogy of Adam through Seth to show the faithfulness of God's promise even amidst the continuing effects of sin. Chapter 4 traces the descendants of Cain. Now we see the rest of the story.

Genesis 4 | "First Degree Murder"

February 21, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 4

Once the story of humanity takes on the element of sin, the infection of rebellion and unrighteousness develops real momentum. Men eventually revel in their sin and celebrate their fierce independence from God. This momentum of sin is slowed only by the direct intervention of God.

Genesis 3 | "The Human Condition"

February 7, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 3

The most tragic chapter in the Bible, Genesis 3, presents the story of man’s fall from innocence. This story is basic to the rest of the Bible, for it gives the reason for God’s redemptive plan with which the remainder of Scripture is concerned. The realities of this chapter encompass the life of all humanity still today.

Genesis 2:4-24 | “Humanity Defined”

January 31, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 2:4–24

Genesis 1 presents creation as a line of ascendancy from the lesser creatures to superior mankind. Chapter 2 presents a topical order of formation of life, giving priority to man’s role as steward of creation. The earth is the stage for human history, and the drama begins with the definition of two genders and the establishment of procreative marriage.

Genesis 1:1-2:3 | “Six Nights, Seven Days”

January 17, 2024 • Pastor Michael Gabbert • Genesis 1, Genesis 2:1–3

The book of Genesis is foundational for the rest of the Bible. Its opening chapter does something of incalculable importance: it lays down the basis of a biblical worldview. It provides to humans a meta-narrative, a big story into which our lives can be fitted and from which they can derive meaning, purpose, and value.