Why Did God Flood The Earth

Here's the wrong question: How did all the animals fit in the ark?  The most crucial question of Genesis 6 is NOT about the animals. Not at all. Rather, it is this: why was an ark needed in the first place? In other words, why was God willing to flood the entire globe, only six chapters after c…

Why Did Cain Kill Abel

That didn't take long, did it? You might have thought Genesis 4 couldn't go worse than Genesis 3. You would have thought that mankind would have learned its lesson.  Surely man would do better! Surely he would turn from sin. However, before Genesis 4 was over, violence and blood would result. …

Explaining Sin And The Fall

One sin. That's all it took. In our day, sin is treated casually - as a marketing device (think 'Sin City'). But ONE SIN is all it took for man to be thrown out of the garden. One sin is all it took for chaos to sweep the created realm. This tells us two things: 1) sin must be really bad, and 2…

Understanding Creation

There is a God, and you are not Him. That is the starting point for all theology. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." But how did He create the world? And for what purpose? That will be the focus of this episode, as we look at Genesis 1. Questions That We'll Answer: A) T…