Humanity In Communion With God

Genesis 2:4-17

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Humanity’s generation & dwelling in the Garden reveals that we belong in…

OUTLINE:
1) Reference To God
2) Relationship With God
3) Residence Near God

RESOURCES: EESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; You Are Not Your Own: Belonging To God in an Inhuman World by Alan Noble; The Presence of God: Its Place In the Storyline of Scripture and the Story of Our Lives by J. Ryan Lister; A Quest For Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life by J.I. Packer; The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God by G.K. Beale; God’s Relational Presence: The Cohesive Center of Biblical Theology by J. Scott Duvall & J. Daniel Hays; A Breathing After God by Richard Sibbes; Where Do We Find True Belonging by Jeremy Linneman

The Endless Rest of the Lord

Genesis 2:1-3

Pastor Brian Drake

BIG IDEA: The endless rest of the Lord is open to all who can stop working on what is finished.

OUTLINE:
1) The Endless Rest of the Lord
2) Stop Working on What is Finished
      a) Stop Working on Creation
      b) Stop Working on Redemption
3) Keep Working on What Will Be Finished
      a) Keep Working on Holding Fast
      b) Keep Working on Building The Temple

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Message of Genesis 1-11 by David J. Atkinson; Genesis by John Calvin; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture edited by Andrew Louth; The Story of God Bible Commentary: Genesis by Tremper Longman III

Imago Dei

Genesis 1:26-28

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: Genesis 1:26-28

BIG IDEA: God created humanity to reflect him, represent him, and resemble him.

OUTLINE:
1) We Were Made to Reflect God
2) We Were Made to Represent God
3) We Were Made to Resemble God

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin

And God Said...

Genesis 1:1-2:3

BIG IDEA: The one true God has formed and filled the earth to fulfill his purposes of…

OUTLINE:
1. Dominion
2. Delight
3. Doxology

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Drama of Scripture: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; The Story of God Bible Commentary: Genesis by Tremper Longman III; Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon Wenham; Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach by Vern Poythress; The Lost World of Genesis 1 by John Walton; Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom For A Current Controversy by Gavin Ortlund; The Temple and the Church’s Mission: A Biblical Theology of the Dwelling Place of God by G.K. Beale; The Handbook on the Pentateuch by Victor P. Hamilton

In The Beginning

Genesis 1:1-2

Pastor Garrison Greene

TEXT: Genesis 1:1-2

BIG IDEA: The glory of God overflowed into bountiful beginnings.

OUTLINE:
1. The Gist of Genesis
2. The God of Glory
  - God is Eternal
  - God is God
  - God is Almighty
  - God is Abundant
3. The Creation of the Cosmos
4. The Emptiness of the Earth

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis pt. 1 by Richard Phillips; Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis by Gordon Wenham; Kidner Classic Commentaries: Genesis by Derek Kidner; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; The Story of God Bible Commentary: Genesis by Tremper Longman; Preaching the Word: Genesis by Kent Hughes; Reformation Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1-11 ed. John Thompson; Delighting In the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith by Michael Reeves; Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible’s Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkins