Week 1: Creation
Week 1: Creation
“Nothing is more beautiful than Genesis,” wrote Luther, “nothing more useful.” I think we should agree with his evaluation, for there is great beauty and great practical usefulness in this book. Here, especially in its early chapters, the great doctrines of the Bible are established—the sovereignty of God as Creator, the power of his word, the original nobility of man, male and female, made in his image and given stewardship of the earth, the equality and complementarity of the sexes, the goodness of creation, the dignity of work and the rhythm of rest. These central truths are all laid down at the beginning of Genesis like massive foundation stones on which the biblical superstructure is built.
Sunday: The Creator’s Initiative
Monday: From Chaos to Cosmos
Tuesday: Light out of Darkness
Wednesday: The Sobriety of the Genesis Narrative
Thursday: The Image of God
Friday: Human Sexuality
Saturday: The Sabbath Rest