Finding Hope Through Discovery in Bible Study

  April 30, 202022 Larry R. Evans   Introduction   We began our study of Genesis a few weeks ago by suggesting that the first two chapters provide a lens by which we can see and understand more fully the rise and fall of nations, and the blessings and sufferings presented in the rest of Scripture. Genesis 1 and 2 provide the rationale for us to have trust and confidence in God even when things all around us look chaotic.   Genesis 1  portrays God as the Mighty One who brought all of creation into existence.  Genesis 2  reveals God as the relational and personal Creator who loves and cares for all of creation. This obviously included Adam and Eve who were created in His image. A picture of God without Genesis 1 or 2 is incomplete.    A perfect home for Adam and Eve was created for them and called Eden. Sin disrupted God’s plan  (Genesis 3)  but the book of  Revelation  shows Eden restored to the place where there is found “the healing of the nations” and where there “will no longer be a

Attitudes Have Consequences (Cain and His Legacy)   April 16, 2022 Larry R Evans   Introduction    At a college commencement address, the story was told of two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and says ‘What in the world is water?”   The truth of the story is clear. We can become so immersed in our surroundings that we become oblivious to how they sustain or influence us. The same can be said for our thoughts and attitudes. They become part of who we are and determine what we become. One of the best examples of this is what we discover in the story of Cain and Able.   Back to the Beginning   There are two questions found in Genesis that are asked throughout the Bible.    They are questions that every Christian of every generation answer either directly or indirectly.    What a