This week we continue to walk through the desert and become acquainted with its features, as it is the world of the Biblical authors. In this episode we will start to look at a few types of trees that are featured throughout the text.

 

Shavuot may be one of the most mysterious and yes, most misunderstood feasts given to Israel. In this Shavuot teaching, we look at this beautiful appointed time through a modern lens and seek to hear how it speaks to our modern state of affairs.

 

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In this week's teaching, we are carrying forward in our Genesis Series with King David and the New Eden, Jerusalem. We will see how God's plan for restoration continues in King David and we will look forward to Messiah through the prophet Isaiah.

 

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Do you have some ideas concerning why Moses wasn't able to enter the Promised Land? How could this great prophet and man of God, after all of his faithfulness, not enjoy the promise? In today's teaching we will consider a possibility through the lens of Empire vs Shalom.

 

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This week we continue our journey through the transforming place of the desert. This week we will look at who lives in the desert and why it matters.

 

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We have recently found Israel in a new Eden in the middle of the desert, the Tabernacle. With the Tabernacle, Israel will journey through the wilderness for 40 years. In order to understand the lessons of the desert, we have to look at the images of the desert.

Whose resides in the desert? What does this arid, dry, rocky landscape teach us about God and ourselves? This is the place where God begins to take the Egypt out of Israel and Israel begins to learn to be a people of the ears.

 

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This week we wrap up our discussion of Avraham with the climax of his story…the Akeidah, the Binding of Isaac. Throughout his life, Avraham experienced 10 tests. By now, it should be no surprise that each of these tests include familiar imagery, especially that of trees and high places. As we look into this passage, what would we expect to see but the Biblical writers using the same images to tell one cohesive story. As a final test, Avraham once and for all dismantles one tree in his life. We have watched him grow in wisdom. He has passed his final test and chosen life.

Our #1 priority is to bear the image of God well. Often times we are faced with difficult decisions. The constant push and pull of waiting on God verses taking steps that God can bless can be a daunting and tiring existence. What happens if we then make a misstep and it seems that everything is falling in around us? How are we to think about these things? In this week’s episode, we again turn to the life of Abram and see how he, in his new calling to represent God to the nations, deals with disappointment and mistakes.

This week we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled series on Genesis. This episode is devoted to addressing our responsibility as believers in this tumultuous time. If we are called the children of God, then we no longer represent ourselves. We now bear His Name, even in times of crisis, upheaval, confusion, and tragedy. What does that mean and what does that look like? As His children, representing our Creator is our greatest responsibility.

When we met Abram, we met a man who was more concerned about the name of others than his own. This week, we see some striking similarities between Abram and Adam. How does God speak to Abram? How does Abram follow? What does this tell us about what it means to bear God's image?

Of course we all know the grand stories of father Abraham, but have you ever asked yourself, "Why Abram?" As we read the Biblical narrative, we know that we are expecting a seed that will undo what was done in Gan Eden and restore us to the Ets Chaim. Out of the chaos of the Tower of Babel, a man named Abram is called to partner with God, to represent Him to the world, to bring His blessing on humanity, to be a new Adam. But why Abram? Tucked away in a small segment of a genealogy we have a fascinating clue.

 

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