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What Does it Mean to Be Human?

James Rochford
Genesis 2:4-18

For the most part, all humans have an innate sense of right and wrong, a desire to be social, and a deep drive to find our purpose in life. This begs the question: What does it mean to be human? We can look to the Bible for answers to this question. When God created Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, He made it clear what role humans are meant to have; and how that should affect our lives now.

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What is God like?

James Rochford
Genesis 1:1-2:3

Throughout our lives we have been inundated with all sorts of different pictures of God. For the most part, they are not true. This passage covers the events at the creation of the world but focuses on what these events reveal about God, and what He is like. It reveals attributes of God; including, He is: eternal, powerful, sovereign, good, creative, personal, and a provider.

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What is the Human Race?

Dennis McCallum
Genesis 1:27-2:20

What does scripture mean when it says humans are made in the image of God? Seven characteristics of humans before the fall are outlined and what each communicates about God, humans, and the afterlife. The first five characteristics are: 1) benevolent leadership; 2) creative accomplishment; 3) free moral agency; 4) relational; and 5) intellectual creativity. The last two characteristics are covered in the next teaching of the series.

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The Beginning, Part 2

Scott Risley
Genesis 1:1-13

We look at God's narrative of creation, and compare it to the views of scholars today. The fine tuning of the universe, complexity of life, and lack of an explanation of the formation of the Universe are evidences for God's creative design.

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Defending Creation

James Rochford
Genesis 1:1

In the beginning...what? How you finish this statement depends on your worldview. The way the Bible finishes it is "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." This verse is the foundation for the way that Christians view the world. This teaching takes a look at three lines of evidence for belief in this worldview: 1) The Origin of the Universe, 2) The Organization of the Universe, and 3) The Origin of Life.

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More on Origins

Dennis McCallum
Genesis 1:26-27

Young earth creationism is addressed alongside some falsifying data. The evidence from presuppositions points to a personal creator God. Special attention is given to the areas of meaning, morality, human dignity, freedom, and spirituality. If people are meaningful, significant, free, moral beings then a purposeful God created them that way.

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Different Views of Creation

James Rochford
Genesis 1:1-5

How do we interpret the Biblical account of the creation of the world? This teaching looks at the extreme views on either end of the interpretive spectrum for Genesis 1; namely Young Earth Creationism versus Theistic Evolution. Take a look at what each view entails, the Biblical case for or against each one, as well as the theological, philosophical and scientific cases.

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The Beginning

Scott Risley
John 1:1-2

The whole story of the Bible starts with the creation of the universe. Through the account of how God creates the universe, we see that God is eternal, all-powerful, personal, decisive, and over and above the natural order.

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The Creation Narrative

Dennis McCallum
Genesis 1:1-8

The creation narrative is often understood through one of the following models: theistic evolution, progressive creationism, or mature creationism. The strengths and weaknesses of these models are assessed by considering abiogenesis, irreducible complexity, and the fossil record. The possibility of progressive creationism is considered in the form of the day-age theory, days representative theory, and gap theory. Ultimately, the Bible harmonizes with findings of science.

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