Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Genesis”
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches the third message in our Christmas series, “Let There Be Light”. There is a great joy in receiving and giving presents during the Christmas season. This is a great reminder of the gift of eternal life given to us by the child whose birth we celebrate. But do we think about the significance of God’s presence …
Pastor Ron Eckberg teaches the second week of our Christmas series, “Let There Be Light.” Last week we discussed the perfection of God’s creation and how the birth of Jesus is a continuation and restoration of that perfection. But what about when life isn’t perfect? How does the Christmas story reflect God’s work of overwhelming the chaos that is all …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg begins our Christmas sermon series by looking at how the Christmas story fits into the bigger picture of God’s story of Scripture. In the first of this 4-week series, we see how the birth of Jesus Christ is a continuation of God’s work of Creation in Genesis 1:1.
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg concludes our study of the life of Abraham. None of us want to look back on our lives and be disappointed. So how do we set ourselves up to enjoy the rewards of a faithful life? As we come to the end of Abraham’s life, Genesis 25:1-11 shows us how he enjoys the results of his continual …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg continues our current series, “Risk and Reward,” on the end of Abraham’s journey. Our lives are rarely as clear-cut as we would like. We often move forward without knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are going the right direction. Genesis 24 shows us how, even in the midst of the unknown, we can move …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches from Genesis 23:1-18 as we continue in our series, “Risk and Reward.” As uncomfortable as it sounds to many people, death is a normal part of life. One of the distinctions between the church and the world is HOW we experience death. In Genesis 23, Abraham is faced with mortality and shows us the great hope …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches from Genesis 22:1-19 as we begin a new series entitled, “Risk and Reward.” We follow the final steps in Abraham’s journey of faith. We rarely understand what is truly important to us until it is revealed by trial. In Genesis 22, Abraham receives a test from the Lord. It is through this testing that God reveals …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg concludes our series, “Next Level,” on the rise of Abraham. It is a rare thing when the things in our lives go precisely according to plan. But the depth of our faith is often revealed when circumstances are less than ideal. In Genesis 21, we see through Abraham how to live next level faith even when we …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches from Genesis 21:1-21. The thought of what it takes to reach the next level, in any aspect of life, can be daunting. No matter how badly we want it, we can be overwhelmed by all we think we need to do or produce to get there. In Genesis 21, we see that elevating our faith is …
Pastor Jonathan Eckberg teaches from Genesis 20:1-18 in the next message of our series, “Next Level.” Every moment of our lives offers us a chance to grow in faith or to shrink into self-centered despair. In Genesis 20, we see Abraham fail. How do we avoid the same mistake? In this passage, we are confronted with three questions that help …
