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We were privileged to hear from our own Pastor Nate Millican as he continues the Genesis series. This is his last sermon at Foothills. Pastor Nate talked about The Work and Power of Jesus, referencing Matthew 9:1-13. Listen to what he has to say about this topic. Scripture: Matthew 9:1-13
Thankfully, God didn’t ask Abraham to go through with the sacrifice, but one dark Friday God would provide, and just as Abraham walked up that hill with his son, his wood for the burnt offering in his hand, God stayed the knife and told him to stop because through this child would come another promise […]
God’s plans and promises will ultimately come to fruition, despite the sinfulness of man. We see this truth in the person of Abraham who routinely demonstrated a commitment to self-preservation over a trust in God’s goodness and promises.
Scripture: Genesis 20:1-21:7
What we look at, we will become and what we want, we will often get. In this sermon, Pastor Nate walks through the reason for God’s judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Scripture: Genesis 19:1-29
Failure to obey God’s ways of justice and righteousness can result in judgment. We see this truth in Genesis 19 where God, in His holiness justice, destroys a city on account of great outcry of evil.
Scripture: Genesis 19:1-29
In this passage, we see that a failure to keep the way of justice and righteousness can bring about judgment. We also see a pretty remarkable interaction between Abraham and God where Abraham intercedes for Sodom and Gomorrah. God’s kindness, justice, and holiness are on display in this passage.
Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33
We live in a world of broken promises. At times we’re the ones who haven’t come through on what we committed to and other times we’re on the receiving end. When we read Genesis 18:1-15, we see that “God will confirm His promises despite difficulties.” God always comes through on His promises
Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15; Galatians 4:4-5; John 6:53-56; Matthew 26:26-30
In Genesis 17, we see God give the sign of circumcision to Abraham to indicate His belief in the promises of God. Despite Abraham and Sarah’s age, God was going to bless them with a child and He was going to make Abraham a “father of a multitude of nations.” But what is a Christian supposed to do with a passage of Scripture that discusses the rite of circumcision? Listen as Pastor Nate walks through this text.
Scripture: Genesis 17
How do I live when there’s a gap between the promise of God and its fulfillment? How do we respond when our experience doesn’t sync up with God’s promises? The big idea in Genesis 15-16 is this: When you’re living in the gap between the promise of God and it’s fulfillment, don’t take a short-cut that creates long-term problems, just keep trusting your Father and His promises. In these two chapters Abram and Sarai live in that gap. Through them we see how God reassures our faith in the gap, gives us a sign (a covenant) to confirm He will keep His promises, and a warning about taking matters into our own hands.
Scripture: Genesis 15-16
God’s promise is certain. Abram’s faith is fickle. But by God’s grace his faith is growing.
Scripture: Genesis 13-14
Despite the unfolding of God’s promises as seen in Noah and now in Abraham, there’s a nagging question… what’s the deal with human nature?!? Sin is still present. Mankind has as Thomas Schreiner said “a depth of corruption that still inhabits the heart.” The world is spiraling and then what happens? God intervenes. The account […]
When you think of the word “judgment” does grace, mercy, or love come to your mind? Probably not! But in Genesis 11 God shows His grace to sinners by preventing them from doing what their heart desires. If God didn’t care for us He’d let us do whatever we want, but God is a good […]
The world is quickly unraveling as sin reaches its tentacles into every nook/cranny of civilization. Chapter 4 Cain, in hot fury, murders his brother. Chapter 5 Lamech shows himself to be an arrogant and ungodly individual and sin seems to continually have the upper-hand. And then in the latter part of Chapter 5, you see […]
God hasn’t forgotten you. You don’t fight alone. You don’t go out into this crazy world alone. You will never be alone (a lie from the enemy). No matter how desperate and alone you feel, no matter how much opposition you face, no matter how precarious your circumstances become, no matter the difficulty and physical […]
In Genesis 3, we see the first man/woman rebel against God; the temptation to be like God, knowing good and evil, was too much to resist. They wrongly believe God was withholding something from them. Genesis 4 describes what happens in the immediate generations. Scripture: Genesis 4
The big idea from this text is that the blessing of paradise was cursed through sin, but God promised to restore it to blessing again. Genesis 1-2 tells us that God created the world and it was very good. Creation was the very blessing of God. But our day-to-day experience seems so different. What’s happened […]
Big idea → The King of the universe created the world with His powerful word. There are only two world views → 1) Naturalism and 2) Theism. Dr. John Lennox of Oxford said, “never was there a more profound challenge to the naturalistic worldview than the words, ‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and […]
“No matter how many experts we consult or how much research we do, the ultimate questions of life remain unanswerable unless God speaks. And God has spoken to us, in very plain language. Surprisingly and thankfully, this message is good news for bad people like us. Our responsibility is to listen and do so patiently. […]