This week, we will be covering Genesis 2:18-25, Marriage According to God.
Marriage has certainly hit rough times in our nation. The current marriage rate in the U.S. has declined 60% over the last 50 years and is at the lowest rate that it has ever been in the history of our nation. We are seeing the fruits of this decline.
When marriage rates fall, that means that more and more children are born into homes where there is little stability and often a missing father or mother.
Trace just about every problem in America to its source and you will often find a broken home.
What is God's design of marriage?
Why is the family so important?
And how can we strengthen marriages and families in our own church and community?
It could be argued that these questions are the most important to answer if we truly want to see revival and transformation in our own nation.
As marriages go, so goes the family. As the family goes, so goes the nation.
May God speak to our hearts with His truth and strengthen our marriages, families, and relationships for His glory!

This Sunday, September 29, we continue our sermon series through the book of Genesis, The World According to God. This week, we will be covering Genesis 1:26-28 and 2:4-23, Sexuality According to God.
Male and female.
Both made in the image of God.
Both equal in essence but different in design.
Both together reflecting the fullness of God's character.
Yet we live in a world that resists, redefines, and rejects the unique design of male and female.
So what does it mean to be male? To be female?
We will explore God's creative design of male and female in Genesis 1-2 and talk about how we should live in light of these truths.
May God open our eyes to His truth and change our hearts by His grace!

This Sunday, we continue our sermon series through the book of Genesis, The World According to God. This week, we will be covering Genesis 1:26-31, Humanity According to God.
Who am I?
Why am I here?
Do I have value?
Do I have purpose?
Am I loved?
Am I significant?
Genesis 1 not only introduces us to the nature and character of God but it also introduces us to ourselves. It answers the question of our identity.
We are each made in the image of God!
The implications of this fact can not be overstated.
Each of us is unique. Each of us displays the artistry of God. Each of us reflects His character in some way. Each of us has a purpose in the grand story of history.
We are fearfully and wonderfully made!
And we should praise Him for it.
May God open our eyes to the beauty and sanctity of human life and may He refresh our hearts as we reflect on His wonderful creative power and artistry in creating us!

This Sunday, September, we continue our sermon series through the book of Genesis, The World According to God. This week, we will be covering Genesis 1:1-31, God According to God.
Who is God?
How did He create the world?
When did He create the world?
And what can we learn about Him from His creation?
Genesis 1 is one of the most debated chapters in the Bible. How you interpret it will have a major impact on how you interpret the rest of the Genesis account... as well as the rest of Scripture.
It is important to understand the historical reality and literary beauty of the creation account.
But beyond the particulars of Genesis 1, we have to be careful that we do not miss the focus of this passage.
GOD
The primary goal of Genesis 1 is to introduce us to God, Elohim, the All-Powerful One, the God of creation, the God of Israel.
From Genesis 1, we learn about God's invisible attributes, His eternal power and His divine nature (Romans 1:20).
God creates. God speaks. God sees. God separates. God names. God blesses. God gives.
These actions of God reveal His essential nature.
May God open our eyes to His glory as we study His creative power!

Is God really there?
Does He care about me?
Life hits us with some tough questions. Genesis gives us some answers.
Genesis is the foundation of God's revelation. If you don't understand Genesis, then you really can't understand the rest of Scripture.
This Sunday, we will introduce the book of Genesis and zoom in on only one verse...Genesis 1:1.
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Or in Hebrew: Bereshith bara Elohim et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz.
There is so much in this one verse! Get this right and everything else begins to fall into place. Deny it and everything falls apart.
We will look at four essential truths from Genesis 1:1 that will get us started on the right track in Genesis.
May God overwhelm us with His majesty, sovereignty, and power so that we will be filled with awe, worship Him in spirit and in truth, and walk in His ways!

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