Catching up

It's been, what, three or four weeks since the last post? I admit that there has been a slight lapse, but I have a good excuse! ;-)

Today there will be two sermons posted. One is from the last time we recorded a message, and on that Sunday our missionary Kevin Walters shared about their ministry in Niger.

Then we took some vacation time and had a guest speaker, and that message didn't get recorded. Then the Sunday we were back, we recorded that message, and then lost the recording due to a...technical malfunction...or something.

So, the other sermon is today's sermon, from Genesis 12:10-20, and involves a very interesting story where Abram asked his wife to stretch the truth a little. It didn't work out so well.

Missionary Message, August 21
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Sermon, September 11
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The Ancient World

It's a bit hard for me to bring in all the rich details of the places where the Bible's history intersects with other known ancient works and places. I am a poor student of history. However, Genesis chapters 10 and 11 give us a lot of important information about what was going on 5000 years ago, including the infamous story of the Tower of Babel.

Sermon, August 14
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A Shameful Situation

How do you respond when someone else messes up? Frustration? A little secret joy? Scorn? Or do you see it as an opportunity for compassion and dignity? Today we looked at the strange little story of Noah and his vineyard, and the results of the choices he and his sons made.

Sermon, August 7
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Starting Over

Today we looked at a pretty big chunk of Genesis: all of chapter 8 and half of 9. All of it has to do with the post-flood events. It's a good reminder for us that while there will never be another flood, there is a day of judgement coming.

Sermon, July 31
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Overcome

I took the opportunity this Sunday to pause in Genesis and share some thoughts after our conference last week in Kansas.

Sermon, July 24
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The Flood

Well, for some reason or another, I didn't get last week's sermon posted, so here's two. These essentially cover Genesis 6 and 7, and deal with a lot of the flood issues that sometimes come up in questions.

Speaking of questions, I've got a link to a bunch of really great article at Answers in Genesis, and I encourage you so top there and take a look.

Sermon, July 10
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Sermon July 17
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Answers in Genesis

The Population Boom

It's hard for us to imagine a world worse than our own in terms of depravity and sin. But perhaps the ancient world prior to the flood really was worse. As the Bible touches on these issues in Genesis 5, it's important not to read too far into what is there, but there are clues that show the rapid decline of civilisation because of sin.

UPDATE: Ok, thanks to a keen-eared follower, I found out that I had posted the wrong links for the sermon. It is now corrected to the most recent Sunday and hopefully it will make more sense now!

Sermon, July 3
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