On this week's episode Joe and Rick discuss Genesis 2:1–3, focusing on the seventh day of creation when God rested. Rick emphasizes that the word “finished” in the Hebrew implies not just completion but purpose, linking it to Jesus’ words on the cross, “It is finished.…
On this week's episode Joe and Tim discuss the biblical basis for music in church, focusing on Ephesians chapter 5. They argue that church music should be participatory and congregational rather than performance-oriented or overly professionalized worship styles. They explain that "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs"…
On this week's episode Joe and Tim discuss Genesis 1:24–31, which records the sixth day in which God creates the animals and man. They explore how God created three distinct categories of animals—domesticated cattle, wild beasts, and creeping things. These classifications relate to human experience…
On this week's episode Joe and Tim explore the events of Day 5 in Genesis 1, focusing on God's creation of sea creatures and birds. They discuss how Day 5 fills the spaces formed on Day 2—the waters below and the sky above—with a…
On this week's episode Joe and Rick delve into the fourth day of creation, where God creates the sun, moon, and stars. They explain that these celestial bodies were made not just to give light and mark time, but also to establish "seasons" for worship and…
On this week's episode Joe and Tim discuss day 3 of creation recorded in Genesis 1:9-13. They review the fourfold creation pattern: command, divide, name, and evaluate and note that the pattern continues here. They discuss the purpose of creation on the third day: making a place…
On this week's episode Joe and Tim discuss Genesis 1:6-8, in which God creates the "firmament," a barrier separating the waters above from those below, establishing a distinction between heaven and earth. They emphasize that this division is a deliberate act of creation, not a…
On this week's episode Joe and Stephen introduce our next series: the book of Genesis. This first week begins with a close reading of Genesis 1:1-5. They move through the passage phrase-by-phrase, looking closely at: "in the beginning," the creation of "the heavens and…