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Genesis 6:3-9  The LORD "saw" that the wickedness of man was great and the LORD "regretted [repented]" that He had made man, so He determines to "blot out" what He has created -- but Noah found favor (grace)!

Genesis 6:1-4  The consensus among Bible commentators is that this passage is the most difficult to interpret (with certainty) in all of Genesis.  There are three main viewpoints (with some variations within each viewpoint).  We begin by looking at the advancing context in Genesis, we briefly identify the three views, and I advance the particular understanding that the "sons of God" are (types of?...

We continued to consider the genealogies in the early part of Genesis. For this week, we looked at the descendants of Adam from Enoch to Noah. The sermon emphasized the importance of living by faith according to the example of Enoch in a world of death and suffering.  

Genesis 4:25-5:20 By grace, the LORD's Promise (see 3:15) will be developed in the line of Seth (who is the appointed substitute for Abel).  Also interesting: What does it mean (or not mean) that Adam "fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image" ??

Genesis 4:17-24 To make good sense of the information recorded in Genesis chapters 4-5 it is important to understand that Biblical authors often are not driven by chronology (what happened first, second, and third), but by an important theme.  The theme you don't want to miss from Genesis 4-5 is that there are two traceable lines: Cain's line (ungodly) and Seth's line (godly, by grace through fait...

Genesis 4:6-16  Today's sermon completes the narrative concerning Adam & Eve's first two sons, Cain & Abel.  Having been killed by his older brother, Abel's blood cries out to the LORD.  Cries out for what?  Justice?  Is Cain justly punished for murdering his brother?  If not, why not?

God created lament, and therefore, to lament is Christian. Lament is a way of bringing our anguish and frustrations to God in order to find comfort. We considered Psalm 13 today (which is an individual lament) using the four-part formula of turn to prayer, complain, ask boldly, and trust God. I pray it blesses you.  

Fellowship Church is currently spending two weeks in the psalms of lament. God created lament as a means of expressing and processing our sorrows in his presence. Thus, to lament is Christian. On August 31, we considered the community lament of Psalm 12 which celebrates the enduring word of God in a fallen world characterized by deceit. 

Genesis 3:20-24 Given that the man (particularly) is guilty of treason against the LORD Most High (to whom he owes his entire life & being), how is it that the full weight of God's wrath & justice does not immediately fall upon Adam?  Today's message explores the doctrines of "original sin" and "Christ's propitiatory life & death".

Genesis 3:16-19 After cursing the serpent and promising Satan's ultimate demise, the LORD God pronounces consequences upon the woman, and then upon the man, for their sin — but note, the "image of God" is not cursed.  They will still have the capacity to reflect God's image, though imperfectly -- something like a broken mirror.

Mark 4:21-34 Pastor Will concludes his three part series on Jesus's parables found in Mark chapter 4.  (Note the second message was not successfully recorded.)  In today's parables Jesus teaches the listener's responsibility to "pay attention" to the parables, the supernatural growth of the kingdom, and the eventual success of the kingdom.

Mark 4:1-12: This is Pastor Will. I am the new associate pastor at Fellowship Church. I hope you enjoy my first sermon in this role. It is the first of three sermons on the kingdom parables. 

Genesis 3:14-15 The message this Sunday had two distinct "parts" with several appropriate songs in between.  Verse 14 focused on the physical serpent's curse, and verse 15 focused on Satan's curse.  Unfortunately, the message on verse 14 was not recorded successfully, so it's missing from this audio file.

Genesis 3:8-13 Having disobeyed the LORD God, the man and the woman must inevitably face their Creator.  What then?

Genesis 3:1-7 For the most part everyone *knows* the story of temptation & sin in Genesis chapter three.  But in many cases, I think there has been quite a lot of unwarranted speculation as to what was happening.  For better or worse, this is my take on the details...

Genesis 2:24-25 Having created the man, and then the woman, the LORD God uses that very first relationship as His design & pattern (model) for for marriage -- i.e., "Therefore..."

Genesis 2:18-25 God's designed intention was to create the man, followed by the woman as the man's complimentary partner & helper.  These verses which are so often divisive are meant to a beautiful celebration of marriage before sin.

The first few minutes were not recorded, but it was basically review and setting the context for today's teaching.  We took a closer look at God's prohibition concerning "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" and the declared consequence, "death".  After that we surveyed the next section, verses 18-25 -- noting that verse 18 drives the unfolding narrative.

Genesis 2:7-17 Adam is formed from dirt; at the same time, the LORD God uniquely makes him in His own image, breathing into his nostrils the "breath of life!"

Minor Prophet: Joel 1-2 Our own Dylan Ackley preaches on important themes from Joel chapters 1-2 -- focusing especially on the significance and importance of "the day of the LORD."

Matthew 27:45 - 28:9 Curt Fleck, the Executive Director of Civil Servant Ministry, preaches a "condensed" message from the regular Bible study series  (Matthew's gospel) he hosts with various State governmental officials in Springfield.

Genesis 2:5-17 In today's message we consider difference between vegetation created by God on Day 3 and the description in 2:5, "When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground". We also survey the larger context of verses 5-17 to glean what we can know ab...

Genesis 2:4 -  Genesis 1:1-2:3 narrates seven chronological days of creation (6 days of activity followed by an explicit day of cessation).  Then (apparently without adequate explanation) chapter 2:4ff recounts what appears to be creation with significantly different details.  Are the two "versions" of creation irreconcilable, or are they complimentary?

Resurrection Sunday! On this year's resurrection Sunday we take a closer look at Death, because it's only as we face the reality of death that we can (by the grace of God) celebrate Jesus's resurrection!

Genesis 1:26-31 NOTE: The First five minutes (or so) are missing from the recording.  What was emphasized at the beginning is that the word translated in verses 26-27, "man" is the Hebrew word transliterated, "Adam," and that word is used in these verses as a collective noun for BOTH the first man and the first woman.  Both male & female are created in God's image & likeness, emphasizing a...