Genesis

Covers Genesis 1-3

Reading the creation accounts not as fuel for the age-of-the-earth debate but in their ancient Near Eastern context — God pushing back chaos to make a space for his image-bearers to flourish, and how that reframes the curse of the Fall.

Covers Matthew 4 · Mark 1 · Luke 4 · Genesis 3 · Genesis 8 · Ecclesiastes 7 · Genesis 2 · Galatians 6 · Psalm 104 · John 1 · Philippians 2 · Hebrews 2 · Hebrews 5

Following his baptism, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness where he is tempted by Satan for forty days. This account, with varying degrees of…

Covers Genesis 4-7

Why the varied skills of Lamech's sons may tie Cain's line to the forbidden divine knowledge of Genesis 6 and humanity's deepening corruption — plus a look at Catastrophic Plate Tectonics as a possible mechanism behind the flood.

Covers Genesis 11-12

Babel as the moment God disinherited the nations and handed them over to lesser elohim — and how his call of Abram begins the plan to bless those nations and bring them back into his family.

Covers Genesis 16-17

Questioning the common assumption that Abraham fathering Ishmael through Hagar was an act of faithlessness, arguing that within its cultural setting it was more likely an attempt to be faithful to God's promise.

Covers Genesis 37-44

The stark contrast between Reuben and Judah across the Joseph narrative — Reuben's self-serving ineptitude set against Judah's transformation from callous selfishness into a man willing to trade his own life for his brother's.