Genesis
Two Dreamers
September 4, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Genesis 40:1–8, Isaiah 40:31
After being thrown into a cistern, Joseph eventually winds up in prison in Egypt. But even in prison, Joseph seeks to serve God by helping others. During our worst times, do we seek to help others, or are we only focused on ourselves?
Joseph
August 28, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • Genesis 37:17–24
Every family is broken. Just ask Joseph. His brothers hate him so much that they throw him into a cistern and almost leave him for dead. When our families are filled with brokenness and acrimony, we must seek reconciliation and forgiveness.
Wrestling with God
August 21, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Genesis 32:22–28
As Jacob is running from his brother, he wrestles with God in the middle of the night. Have you ever felt like you were wrestling with God? Counterintuitively, our greatest struggles with God can lead to great growth in our strength and in our faith.
Leah and Rachel
August 14, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • Genesis 29:10–18
When Jacob falls in love with his uncle’s daughter, Rachel, he is willing to do anything to get her. Love drives us to do many things. This is why we can be thankful that God’s love for us drove Him to do the ultimate thing – to sacrifice His Son for our salvation.
Abraham
July 17, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • Genesis 15:1–6
God continues to seek new beginnings in a world filled with old sin. He makes a promise to Abraham to, from him, bring forth a new nation that will be a beacon of righteousness in a world darkened by sin. He also shows us how righteousness ultimately comes about – by faith.
Babel
July 10, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Genesis 11:1–9
Noah brings a new beginning, but humanity quickly falls back into its old ways by building a tall tower. This tower demonstrates both the folly and the danger of human ambition. Human ambition is filled with folly because no one can build a tower to the heavens. But human ambition is also filled with danger because it cannot compete with God’s perfect commands.
Noah
July 3, 2022 • Pastor Chad Ott • Genesis 7:11–16
As man’s wickedness increases, God’s justice against sin is finally rendered in the form of a flood. But out of disaster emerges a man chosen by God to bring forth a new beginning – Noah. As “new creations” (2 Corinthians 5:17), we too are called to bring forth new beginnings in a world that is filled with sin.
Cain and Abel
June 26, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Genesis 4:3–12
The effects of Adam and Eve’s fall into sin quickly become apparent in the story of Cain and Abel. Hatred and death quickly have their way. But in the face of evil, God both exacts justice and gives grace. He forces Cain to wander the earth, but he also protects Cain’s life even though he has taken his brother’s life.
Fall
June 19, 2022 • Pastor Daniel Ondov • Genesis 3:1–6
God’s good creation was quickly corrupted by a bad decision. If Genesis 1 describes the best of times, Genesis 3 ushers in the worst of times and sets up a tension for the rest of history. We live in this tension, however, with hope, for God has promised to swallow up the worst of times in His Son.
