God Keeps Trying
You'll see why Genesis 15 is one of the most pivotal chapters in the entire Bible, and how God's ancient covenant with Abraham points directly to why faith, not performance, is what makes a relationship with God possible.
Scripture
Sermons on Genesis
16 sermons in the archive.
When God Went Looking
You'll hear why the most overlooked detail in the Fall story is God calling out 'Where are you?' and what that search reveals about the kind of relationship God wanted then and still wants now.
Created on Purpose, by Choice
You'll come away understanding why the Bible's first five verses are not just background to the real story but are the foundation for why God bothers to rescue humanity at all. If you've ever wondered whether your existence has any weight behind it, this sermon traces that question back to its source.
Stewards, Not Owners
You'll come away with a clearer sense of what it actually means to have 'dominion' over the earth: not a license to exploit, but a calling to reflect God's own care back to creation.
Blessed Through the Breaking
You'll hear why the very thing you're trying to escape, the struggle, the limitation, the pain, might be the place where God's blessing actually arrives, and what Jacob's all-night wrestling match has to do with the hardships you're carrying right now.
Evil Repurposed for Good
You'll see how the story of Joseph being betrayed and sold by his own brothers quietly foreshadows what Jesus would do for the world, and you'll walk away with a specific, honest challenge: to hand God something someone did to hurt you and ask him to use it for your good.
Rest as Resistance
You'll hear why stopping work isn't a reward you earn after you've done enough, and how deliberately setting aside 24 hours each week can reorient your identity, your relationships, and even your sense of justice.
Order Born from Chaos
You'll see how the opening five verses of Genesis connect directly to Jesus's baptism — and why that thread, from primordial chaos to the cross, is the spine of the entire biblical story.
Chosen for a Task, Not a Status
You'll hear why God's call to Abraham was never meant to single out one group as special, but to set in motion a plan to bless every people on earth, and why that purpose still shapes what it means to follow God today.
Caretakers of God's Home
You'll come away with a fresh way of reading Genesis 1 — not as a debate about science, but as a portrait of a God who made the whole cosmos as his dwelling place and appointed humans as its caretakers, a role we've largely failed and can still recover.
When God Says Please
You'll discover a single Hebrew word hidden inside one of the Bible's most disturbing commands, and why that word suggests God's relationship with Abraham was far more tender than a simple test of obedience.
God Sees the Forgotten
You'll hear how Hagar, a powerless outsider expelled into the desert with her child, becomes the person God notices most, and what that means when you feel invisible, stuck in someone else's mess, or written off.
God Who Can Be Moved
You'll hear an argument that God genuinely enters conversation with humans, limits himself to make real relationship possible, and can actually be persuaded by your prayers — not as a performance for your benefit, but as a sign of how much he wants to know you.
Second Acts Are Real
You'll hear how Abraham's long story of false starts, detours, and deferred promises finally turns a corner, and what that pattern means when you (or your community) feel stuck waiting for what God said would come.
Your Culture Is God's Idea
You'll come away with a fresh way of seeing your own cultural background: not as something to leave behind when you walk into church, but as something God had a hand in creating.
Overcome the Inertia and Go
You'll see how much Abram had lost and settled into before God called him to leave, and that picture may help you name what's holding you back from the next thing God is asking of you.