Sermons on Genesis
God’s Work Through Joseph
FIRST READING Genesis 37:3-8, 17b-22, 26-343Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because hewas the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe withsleeves. 4But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more thanall his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him.5Once Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to…
God’s Promise to Abraham
SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 15:1-61After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Donot be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”2But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continuechildless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3AndAbram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born…
The Story of Creation & Rebellion
SCRIPTURE READING Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-17; 3:1-84These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they werecreated. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,5when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the fieldhad yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon theearth, and there was no one to till the ground;…
Sabbath & Rest
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATIONJohn 1:1-4Reader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. Allthings came into being through him, and without him not one thingcame into being. What has come into being in him was life, and thelife was the light of all people.All: Gracious God, as we open the scriptures today,…
Caring for Land Animals & People
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION John 1:1-4Reader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. Allthings came into being through him, and without him not one thingcame into being. What has come into being in him was life, and thelife was the light of all people.All: Gracious God, as we open the scriptures today,…
Caring for Animals of Water & Air
FIRST READING Genesis 1:20-23 20 And God…
Caring for Earth & Waters
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Caring for Air & Sky
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATIONJohn 1:1-4Reader: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. Allthings came into being through him, and without him not one thingcame into being. What has come into being in him was life, and thelife was the light of all people.All: Gracious God, as we open the scriptures today,…
Jacob Wrestles God
FIRST READING Genesis 32:9-13 Reader: Our reading today is from Genesis, the 32nd chapter.All: Speak Lord, for we are listening. 9 And Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of myfather Isaac, O Lord who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to yourkindred, and I will do you good,’ 10 I am not worthy of the least of all thesteadfast love and all the…
Isaac Born to Sarah
FIRST READING Genesis 18:1-15 A Son Promised to Abraham and Sarah 1 The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He looked up and saw three men standing near him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent entrance to meet them and bowed down to the ground. 3 He…