Current Series
THE PATRIARCH
The story of Abra(ha)m is one of the seminal stories in all the Bible. We're going to spend 16 weeks exploring it.
Before we get to the outline, I think it's important for you to understand the 'interpretive lens' I'm using when studying and writing.
HOW I'M READING GENESIS...
1. The FRONT END of a grand narrative of creation, fall, and redemption...
(God MAKES something, we MESS it up, God FIXES it)
2. Meet Jesus' CRAZY FAMILY, and in honestly revealing their craziness, help you FEEL like there's ROOM for you too...
(You're not THAT crazy)
3. To stoke the PROMISE of LAND (a place to belong) and give you HOPE along the way that you're actually going to MAKE IT someday...
(WHERE do I BELONG? What are the TANGIBLE SIGNS that I'm getting SOMEWHERE?)
4. Flawed HERO STORIES that emphasize the DIFFERENCE that God makes in those stories...
(Where IS the DIFFERENCE God is making in MY story?)
5. To help us (simple folk like the ancient Jews) CELEBRATE the boundless creative GOODNESS of The Creator...
(Where IS the boundless beauty to be celebrated in THIS situation?)
That said, here's the OUTLINE for the series:
THE PATRIARCH: sermon series outline
MARCH
4: Gen 12:1-9 "Get Out"
11: Gen 12:10-20 "She is my Sister"
18: Gen 13 "Inheriting Canaan"
25: Gen 14 (esp vs 18 and following) "Melchizedek"
APRIL
1: Gen 15 "The Covenant and Burning Torch"
8: Gen 16 "Hagar"
22: Gen 17 "The Sign of the Covenant"
29: Gen 18:1-15 "Angelic Promise"
MAY
6: Gen 18:16-33 "Arguing with God"
13: Gen 19:1-29 "Sodom"
20: Gen 19:30-38 "Incest"
27: Gen 20 "Abimelech"
JUNE
3: Gen 21:1-21 "Issac and Ishmael"
10: Gen 21:22 thru Gen 22 "Bring Me Your Firstborn"
17: Gen 23 "Sarahs death and burial"
24: Gen 24 "How to get a Wife" (Rebecca)
JULY
1: Gen 25:1-11 "Death of a Patriarch"
(the actual sermon titles may change as they get written, but the above ones were the ones we came up with when structuring the series)
It's our sense that this series will prove both provocative and helpful. Please be bold and invite some new folk out with you over the next 16 Sundays.
Looking forward to seeing you, Sunday's at 10:30am...
