5:16 Podcast

Pastor Zach Benton Teaches through Luke 2:22-40.

This Sunday, we will be exploring Genesis 50 together, The Final Chapter According to God. We have finally reached the last chapter of Genesis. It has been quite a journey through an amazing book. I pray that you have been encouraged and challenged along the way. Genesis 50 is the final chapter of this great book. It is also the final chapter of Jacob and Joseph's lives here on earth. Both of...

This Sunday, we will be exploring Genesis 49, Prophecy According to God. Jacob is on his death bed. Hospice has been called in. The time of his death is quickly nearing. But in a last moment of strength, Jacob calls all of his sons into the room. He speaks as their father. He speaks as a prophet. He speaks as a man who has weathered the storms of life and experienced both the firm discipline and g...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 48 together, Reversals According to God. It seems that every week we are changing the title of the sermon from the one that is listed in the study guide. It's amazing that as you study a passage more deeply that God reveals deeper and deeper truths.  In this case, while redemption is certainly a theme in Genesis 48, the chapter seems to focus more on the...

This week pastor Ken Courville teaches on Genesis 47. 

This week we will be exploring Genesis 46 together, The Journey According to God. Life is a journey. We hear that phrase a lot. Often it is in Hallmark-type phrases that talk about life being about the journey not the destination or about making friends along the way or beginning with the first step. But there is truth to the statement that life is a journey. Biblically, life is often described as...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 45 together, Providence According to God. How has your life been? Some of us answer that question with a litany of wonderful events and blessings in our lives. Others of us struggle to understand why certain things happened to us, why God allows pain, betrayal, and abuse, why we must continue to live with feelings of guilt, regret, or shame. Life is hard. And...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 44 together, Love According to God. Can people truly change? It is a good question. Sometimes we see someone set in their ways and we don't think that they will ever change. Sometimes we look at our own lives and realize how hard it is to change.  But if people cannot change, then that means that a bad marriage will always stay bad, a dysfunctional famil...

Pastor Steve Foster teaches on Genesis 43. 

Pastor Zach Benton teaches on Genesis 42. 

Pastor Zach Benton teaches us on the sovereignty according to God based on Genesis 41. 

This week we will be exploring Genesis 40 together, Dreams According to God. Have you ever had a weird dream? Or a vivid one that was hard to forget? In Genesis 40, Pharaoh's cupbearer and his baker, who are both in prison with Joseph, each have a unique dream that puts them in a contemplative, confused state of mind. Joseph's interpretation of their dreams sets a whole chain of events i...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 39 together, Conviction According to God. Just like last week, I am changing the sermon title from what is in the study guide. Yes, Genesis 39 deals with sexual purity but the main message seems to be focused on the strength of Joseph's faith and his convictions.  Genesis 39 is a contrast to Genesis 38. In Genesis 38, Judah cannot control himself in the...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 38 together, Confession According to God. Yes, the original title was Sexual Immorality According to God. That title is what is in the study guide. And it makes a nice contrast with Genesis 39 in which we will see Joseph's commitment to sexual purity in the face of enormous temptation.  But studying Genesis 38 more, it becomes apparent that the true hear...

This week we start our study through the life of Joseph. Hopefully you have picked up a study guide and are committed to diving into God's Word this fall. Joseph's story is one of the most beautiful and powerful in all of Scripture. His life models many aspects of the life of Christ and his faith through many unfair, painful trials is an encouragement to us all. Joseph's story highl...

This week we will be exploring Genesis 35 together, Rededication According to God. Jacob's life is filled with ups and downs. One victory in his life seems to be followed immediately by a failure. Right after he wrestles with God and reconciles with his brother, Esau, he finds himself in a place of complacency, hanging out in Shechem longer than he should and exposing his family to great dang...

This Sunday, September 7 (9am, 10:45am), we will have a special guest speaker for our Genesis series, Dr. Terry Mortenson of Answers in Genesis. Dr. Mortenson has a Ph. D. in the history of geology from Coventry University in the UK. He has taught on creation and evolution issues for over 50 years in 37 different countries. It will be an encouragement to have Dr. Mortenson with us this coming week...

This week we will explore Genesis 33 together, Reconciliation According to God.  Here are four basic truths that I have learned in life: Relationships are essential. Conflict is inevitable. Ongoing conflict is miserable. Reconciliation is beautiful. Let's face it...relationships are hard! It is nice to talk about love, fellowship, forgiveness, and reconciliation but they are so hard to live o...

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 32 together, Wrestling According to God.  Or perhaps it should more accurately be called Wresting with God.  Jacob literally wrestles God in this chapter.  It is a hard thing to imagine. In fact, most Jewish interpreters struggle to make any sense of this chapter. And it is the very chapter that explains where the name Israel came from! Some see Genesis 32 a...

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 30:25-31:55 together, Hard Times According to God.  This is another passage that could be under the "Strange Stories in the Bible" category.  We have weird breeding strategies, a bunch of oddball sheep and goats, stolen household gods, a daring escape on camels, a showdown at Gilead, and Jacob's first country song.  It's better than any m...

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 29:31 - 30:24 together, Dysfunction According to God.  "Wow! These people are messed up!" I remember hearing that from a new believer who was reading through Genesis for the first time.  There are no real heroes in this passage of Scripture. Everyone fails on some level. You have an apathetic man. An unloved woman. An angry husband. An unhappy wife...

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 28:1-22 together, Grace According to God.  Grace, grace, God's grace. Grace that will pardon and cleanse within. Grace, grace, God's grace, Grace that is greater than all our sin! Grace is such a beautiful word and such a beautiful attribute of our God. We see His grace in Jacob's life.  Jacob is a heelcatcher, a finagler, a deceiver, a coward...

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 29:1-30 together, Disappointment According to God.  Have you ever felt disappointed in life? Have you ever wondered why life hasn't turned out as you expected? Have you ever faced the stark reality that the people, things, relationships, and circumstances of this world will never fully satisfy? In Genesis 29, Jacob is about to get a big dose of reality....

This week, we will be exploring Genesis 26:34-28:9 together, The Blessing According to God.  In many ways, this passage is a sad story. Isaac and Rebekah's marriage appears to be in shambles. Rebekah rules the roost. Isaac is ruled by his palate.  Jacob deceives his own aged father. Esau wants to kill Jacob. This is the last time that we will see this family together.  But in the midst of the...