In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of the fall of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis.

Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more.

Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day.

SHOW NOTES

Main Passage: Genesis 3

Side Passages: Genesis 2:15-17, Romans 5:12-21

DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

What are possible dangers of humans deciding right and wrong for themselves?

How did the serpent twist God’s words to try and confuse and trap the humans?

How have you heard or experienced people twisting God’s words in the same way — slightly, so they sound almost right but are actually totally wrong?

How did the first humans respond when confronted with their wrongdoing?

In what ways did God show mercy in the story of humanity’s first sin? What does that reveal to you about God?

In what ways did God show justice in the story of humanity’s first sin? What does that reveal to you about God?

What do you learn about God from this story? How does that impact how you will seek and follow him?

Check out this video from BibleProject about the big message of Genesis 1-11.

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REFERENCES

For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following:

The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H. Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010)

The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic, 2004, 2014)

The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP Academic, 2008)

How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005)

How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009)

The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP Academic)

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018)

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