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The Flood

James Rochford

1 Peter 3:20-21

After some time in human history, God looked at His creation and saw total depravity across the world. It broke God's heart and He brought judgment on the world through the Flood. There is considerable debate about whether the events of Noah and the Flood were real events in human history or not. There are also 270 accounts of "a flood" in different cultures worldwide which does point to a common historical event. The plausibility of the Flood is discussed as well as if it was a local or global event.

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God's Calling

Joke Van Opstal

2 Timothy 1:9

Understanding and following God's calling for our lives can be a difficult experience. Scripture teaches that we are called by God and that each of our individual callings were all foreknown and predestined by our sovereign God. God has predestined each of us to be conformed to the likeness of Christ and called us to bring his presence into every aspect of our lives. As we focus on our own intimacy with Christ and address hindrances to our calling, we will begin finding ourselves in the center of God's will.

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The Fall of the Human Race

Dennis McCallum

Genesis 3:1-17

The discrepancy between original creation and how the world looks today can be explained by the fall of the human race. In the Garden of Eden, Satan questions, distorts, and replaces the Word of God. Adam and Eve decide God cannot be trusted and rebel. This leads to physiological, theological, sociological, and ecological alienation.

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The Nature of the Human Race

Dennis McCallum

Genesis 2:21-25

There is a review of the five characteristics of people before the fall (from the previous teaching), followed by an examination of the final two characteristics. Namely, that humans were created shameless and with both unity and diversity. Some current statistics are analyzed about sex and marriage. Lastly, there is a comparison of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life.

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God Takes Jacob to the Mat

Jim Leffel

Hebrews 12:6-13

The life of Jacob and his interactions with God are examined.\r\nAt each major point in his life, Jacob had to decide if he was going to obey God or not. Jacob seems to fight God at every turn, relying more on himself and on the plan he has for his own life, rather than on God's. These passages follow Jacob as he flees his homeland to find a wife and as he returns and confronts his brother after years of separation. Believers wrestle with God in similar ways and can learn personal applications from Jacob's life.\r\n

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Releasing the Power of God

Ryan Lowery

2 Corinthians 3:18-4:18

Paul has seen church after church be distracted by false teachers and turn against him, just like the church in Corinth. How is he able to persevere despite apparent failure after failure? He relies on God's power. We must be willing to fail at following God, because that is how God will teach us to rely on Him, and that is how we will grow.

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Abraham and Isaac: A Time of Testing

Jim Leffel

Hebrews 11:17-19

God calls Abraham to a striking and disturbing task: sacrifice his beloved son Isaac. Does Abraham pass the test? Why would Abraham obey God in this situation? God had previously promised Abraham that He would bless all nations through Abraham's descendants. How will God fulfill this promise? We, like Abraham, will be tested as we respond to God's call in our lives. Will we trust Him?\r\n

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Stewardship and Accountability

Dennis McCallum

Matthew 25:14-30

In these parallel passages, Jesus tells parables to illustrate the fact that we're accountable to God as stewards. The master leaves three servants in charge of a portion of his wealth. When the master returns from his journey, he finds that two of the servants have been faithful with what was given to them and rewards them with more. However, the last servant has done nothing with his portion, which the master angrily takes from him. Similarly, God has given each of us a stewardship that we can use to serve Him (lasting in reward) or self (ending in loss).

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Ishmael and Isaac

Jim Leffel

Genesis 16:1-21:7

God helps those who help themselves. Is there truth to this common saying? What happens when we take matters into our own hands instead of relying on God? Will God change the plan He has for our lives if we make poor decisions? God promised Abraham He would make a great nation through him but Abraham and Sarah had to wait for a long time. What happens when we do not wait on God? Find answers to these questions through the births and lives of Abraham's sons, Ishmael and Isaac.\r\n

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