There are many names for God in the Bible, but at the burning bush God revealed to Moses His forever name, His eternal name. What is it and why should we care? How will bearing His eternal name change us and what does it reveal about God?

Joseph's story is full of ups and downs, but God was with Joseph and he meant all the evil that happened to him for good. The story of Joseph is an Easter kind of story, because it ends with forgiveness and an empty tomb and points to another empty tomb.

Jacob finds himself homeless, a fugitive, a wanderer. And what does that mean for us? Jacob is in his darkest season of life. He's lost everything and is hopeless. And this is where God meets with him. Maybe that's exactly where God will meet with you too.

What kind of God who would call his servant to sacrifice his own son? Why does God put His own people to the test? And what does that mean for us? It’s in the brutality of this story that we find the beauty of the God in this story.

God marks his people as his own and reminds them of his promises. That began with Abraham and the sign of circumcision, it was a sign that God had made him promises and that he would keep them. God has also marked you as his own in Christ.

Doubt is inevitable. God’s promise to Abraham hits a seemingly immovable obstacle – Sarah is barren. How does God engage Abraham when he cries out to him amidst his doubt and vexation? How does God use doubt to move us to a deeper faith in him?

God calls Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldeans to begin a new life and journey to a land that God would show him. Abraham was the first disciple, called by God to follow and walk with him. What does Abraham’s call teach us about our own discipleship?

What does the story of Babel teach us about sin and how it operates? Babel is a blueprint for understanding how sin will institutionalize and organize itself into systems of corruption and rebellion against God. Babel gives us a lens to see the power structures in our world and mankind’s attempts to regain what was lost in the Garden.

The Story of Noah is one we may not have thought about since childhood. Perhaps it almost feels like something more akin to the fables of Aesop or the tales of the Brothers Grimm? Let us consider together what God desires to show us through this violent but beautiful story.

God accepts the sacrifice of Abel, but he had no regard for Cain’s sacrifice. Why is it that God accepted one but not the other? Then when Cain murdered Abel, why was God so merciful to Cain?

The fall of mankind is at the heart of what is wrong with the world and how sin fractured everything. But we also see God introduce pain into the lives of Adam and Eve in the most meaningful places of their lives. The very things they were born to do are now painful, yet this is exactly where God will meet his people throughout the rest of the Story.

The story of Creation is where we see the goodness of God, his power, and the beautiful world that he created. He’s the God who brings order to the chaos. He brings for beauty and life and blesses it. Creation tips God’s hand and shows his purposes for life and blessing.