Outline The Unfolding of the Fall Fractured Relationships Total Depravity—but not Extreme Depravity Comparing Theories [new! not discussed in class] So What Do We Do Until Then? Conclusion Bonus Thoughts The Unfolding of the Fall We all know the story of the Fall from Genesis 3. Perfect woman with perfect husband in perfect garden meets talking snake. He tempts her to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit, then she hands some to her husband who does the same. God comes and gives them a spanking and sends them out of the garden. Ok, so the details might be a little off… maybe even a little forgettable. But the story…

The Gist God Created You to Need Other People We All Need a Suitable Helper Marriage Is a Great Community—But Not the Only One! You Need Community and Community Needs You! Introduction We’ve been trying to understand just what God says about us—who we are, why we’re here—and distance ourselves from what the world says about us. So far we know that we’re made in God’s image, unique in all of creation. But the creation story didn’t end in Genesis 1. There’s another story within that story that needs to be told. And it begins in Genesis 2:18. Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man…

Outline Introduction: The Challenge from Evolution Can we be made in God’s image if science says we evolved? Are we misreading the Bible? Not the Whole Debate, Just the Bible The Bible is our authority as the very words of God. We submit to it whether we understand it or not. The first place we go to understand a passage of Scripture is the rest of Scripture. Scripture interprets Scripture! The clash isn’t science vs. Scripture but one interpretation vs. another. What Does the Bible Say about Adam? Three genealogies portray him as the first father, the end of a real lineage. In two long passages, Paul ties Jesus’ work…

Note: This is the first entry in a new series of synopsis and notes from our Sunday School classes. Introduction For the next few weeks, we’re going to be dealing with a question that our culture is deeply interested in and deeply confused about. It’s a question we bump into in the news, in school, in politics, in the media, at work, and really there are very few parts of our lives that aren’t touched by this question. We have armies of people working on the answer to this question and its implications: scientists, psychologists, sociologists, historians, even artists. And they’re all dying to know the answer to this question:…