Covenant After the Flood: Promise, Fragility, and God’s Faithfulness Genesis 9 and 10 answer a quiet but urgent question:What happens after deliverance? The flood is over. Humanity steps into a renewed world. And yet, God knows that while the earth has been cleansed, the human heart still needs redemption. 1. God’s Covenant: Repeating the First Blessing After the flood,…
Reading Genesis 7–8 Together When Obedience Carries Us Through the Flood Genesis 7 and 8 tell the story of rain, rising waters, silence, waiting, and finally—remembering. But beneath the floodwaters lies a deeper story: a man who trusted God without evidence, a God who took responsibility for salvation, and a world preserved by grace. Let’s reflect. 1….
Reading Genesis 2 Together Why God Created, How We Were Formed, and What It Means to Be Human How to read this:Keep your Bible open to Genesis 2. Read the verses listed before each reflection. Let the text lead. Let the questions linger. Genesis 2:1–3 Rest as Completion, Not RewardRead verses 1–3 slowly. Creation ends not with more…
Key Texts: Genesis 6–9; Hebrews 11:7; Romans 12:2 1. Noah’s Context: Righteousness in a Ruined World Noah was born into a time when evil had reached its fullest expression. Scripture tells us that “every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time” (Genesis 6:5). Human identity was deeply corrupted, violence filled the…
Falling While Standing in God’s Provision Key Texts: Genesis 1–3; Romans 5:12–19; 1 Corinthians 15:21–22 1. Created in Perfection, Not Striving but Receiving Adam and Eve were not born into chaos—they were created into completeness. They lived in the direct presence of God, surrounded by beauty, abundance, and order. There was no lack. No threat. No violence. No brokenness….