Their theme this year is Hearing God s Call They Responded. As the Lord leads you, please consider giving to assist those who have committed their lives not in the pursuit of wealth or fine material possessions, but in the pursuit of the spread of the Gospel, assisting in the establishment of peace, and in encouraging Christian maturation. Please list them below, and continue to pray. We will be studying the book of Genesis. Read the following excerpt quoted from our study guide as an overview for the class.
Genesis is the book of beginnings.
In this book we find the beginnings of the material universe, human life, human sin, divine judgment on human sin, covenant promises, and the Israelite tribes to name just a few. Genesis provides a foundation for a great deal of what we can know about life and our Lord. The Bible s first book has not always been called Genesis. Following the tradition of naming a book after its opening word or words, the Hebrew title of the book was In the Beginning. Genesis is the first of five books forming a group of their own at the beginning of the Old Testament.