“9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:9-11 I used to navigate life wearing a mask, presenting a façade of strength and composure. “I’m fine, I’m good, life is great.…” These were the rehearsed lines I delivered in conversat...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:7-8I remember being asked a simple, yet profound, question years ago while playing disc golf with one of our student leaders: “What is the hardest part about marriage?” My brain quickly...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:6In Genesis 3:6, we read the account of original sin and the fall of mankind. Eve was tempted by the crafty serpent in the Garden of Eden, and she disobeyed God’s command to not eat of ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:4-5 Satan is a liar.  Don’t ever forget that truth!  Genesis 3:1 describes him as “more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made.”  Then, in Gen 3:4-5, the very ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:2-3I am the proud father of two little girls - one six-year-old, and one three-year-old. Naturally, now that I’m a parent, so many passages of scripture have taken on a whole new meanin...  Read More

“1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. 2 By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had do...  Read More

READ GENESIS 3:1 This scene opens with the woman, full of innocence, living her best life in paradise. I imagine the garden suddenly growing silent as ominous music begins to play, signaling the serpe...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:22-25Genesis 2:22-25 illustrates the first wedding between man and woman, blessed by God, and it serves as a perfect example of our relationship with Christ.We see the first woman made ...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:21I often forget that I’m reading Bible stories from the comfort of the "cheap seats." I know how these stories end, but the people living them did not. As a result, it’s easy for me to...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:18-20 It is not good for man to be alone. God Himself is never alone; as a triune being, Elohim is in constant community with Himself. Relationship is in His very nature. Yet, even thou...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:15-17 These verses offer us a profound glimpse into God’s heart in creation. He placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, entrusting him with the responsibility to cultivate and care for it. T...  Read More

“26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and ov...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:10-14I love a good map. In these verses, we get a description of the rivers and lands surrounding and flowing through the Garden. Unfortunately, we do not know anything about two of the...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:8-9Milton, my oldest son, is majoring in French Horn Performance at the University of Alabama. His dream is to play in a symphony orchestra one day. Why go to Alabama to study French Ho...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:7Does God have hands to form mud, or lungs to breathe life? As a young child, I used to think in these literal terms. However, Genesis 2:7 intends to communicate something infinitely mo...  Read More

READ GENESIS 2:4-6 One of my favorite movie tropes is the flashback scene.  They give you a scene showing what happened, but then go back and show you the same scene from a different perspective.  You...  Read More

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GENESIS 2:1-3At the beginning of Chapter 2, we witness the conclusion of God’s creation: “the heavens and the earth were completed.” After six days of intentional work--from the creation of light...  Read More

Genesis 1:2 describes a wild and waste world covered in darkness and chaos. Out of that, God creates, bringing order and function as He creates. We see this order and function as God speaks. We see it...  Read More

My family and I have been here at Faith since I was 4 years old. This church has helped to foster my relationship with the Lord since day one. I always loved serving and helping people in and out of t...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:29-31When was the last time something grabbed your attention? Maybe it was a kid yelling your name from the other room in that precise panic-inducing pitch. Maybe it was a stunning sunr...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:28In Genesis 1:28, God gave Adam and Eve a clear purpose and picture of what their role would be in the world. First, they were called to be fruitful and multiply together. As image bea...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:26-27These verses are so familiar to us that we often just scan over them, without thinking deeply about the impact of what’s happening. God had already created the heavens and the eart...  Read More

READ GENESIS 1:24 – 25Have you ever felt like you were in a season of waiting for God to change your circumstances? Maybe you were waiting for God to bring along that new job or a promotion because yo...  Read More