When the LORD answers a concern voiced by Abram, Abram responds in a very significant way that signals Abram is ready to level-up in his relationship with God. So God initiates a ritual that has ramifications for the historical long game of Scripture's story. I invite you to join me in today's episode as we explore the ceremonial certification of the LORD's relationship with Abram, and what that relationship still means for us today.

Genesis 14 begins by treating readers to a fascinating piece of war drama. But when that war drama eventually sweeps up Abram's nephew, Abram musters his men to respond with a rescue mission. In the wake of his victory, Abram meets two very different kings who each possess very different views of how power is playing out in the land. I invite you to join me in this episode as we explore the role Abram chose to play in that unfolding game of power.

When Abram and Lot's shepherds discover that two large herds cannot occupy the same fields, concerns of scarcity suddenly create conflict. These concerns soon incite Abram to make Lot an offer that actually put the land he was promised at risk. I invite you to join me in this episode as we explore how a relationship with God frames a mindset that transcends scarcity and visualizes how God's goodness is more.

As Abram journeys south, he is confronted by the first stress test of his faith. I invite you to join me in today's episode as we explore how, when Abram's faith first faltered, he learned that God's faithfulness to him does not.

Having received the LORD's call and promise, Abram must now respond. I invite you to join me in this episode as we explore what Abram's response is, and how that response puts him on a road to not just great expectations, but a great and unique relationship.

With today's episode, we mark the beginning of a new phase in our ongoing Bible Story Series. Over the episodes of recent months, our study of Genesis 1-11 has explored the establishing of creation, followed by the widespread corruption of creation. Now our study begins to look at how God plans to address and resolve that corruption.

I invite you to join me on this episode as we see the LORD call a man named Abram and make him a promise that will shape not only his future, but that of the entire world.

In this fourth and final part of our week-long conversation on sin, I bring it back to the beginning with the question: Does the idea of sin still matter? I invite you to join me in today's episode as I review the various treatments of sin and see if what we have discussed over the past few episodes preserves sin as an idea still worth considering.

In this third part of our conversation on sin, we turn to explore how sin has impacted and shaped the realities of our world. Whether our privileged relationship with God, the sacred places of creation, the people of earth, or the purposes we pursue, sin has infiltrated them and pervasively reconditioned them. I invite you to join me in this episode as we explore various ways it has done so.