At some point in their little lives, my kids got the impression I knew the origins of everything. Well, not everything. Mostly baseball. I’m inundated daily with questions about the history of the game. Who was the first to hit a grand slam? Which team recorded the first triple play? What is the fastest a pitcher has ever thrown?...

This week’s training notes: This week, we’re beginning unit 2 of From Creation to Chaos. This unit is called “Let us Make a Name For Ourselves,” and deals with the fall of humanity into sin and God’s response. Session 1 is called “Relationships Broken” and focuses on Genesis 3:1-21, with Adam and Eve’s sin and subsequent expulsion from the...

Does the story of the fall surprise you? How could Adam and Eve—who had everything they needed—rebel against a loving God? Do you think you would have acted differently?  Adam and Eve’s story is our story. Think about the last time you blatantly sinned. What lies were you believing in that moment? Satan wants us to believe the same...

From Genesis 3 forward, the Bible’s narrative is marked by a sense of anticipation. God makes promises to people throughout history, promises that all build toward one shared fulfillment in Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. But the anticipation doesn’t stop there. It keeps building toward another promise, the promise of the final restoration of all things and the final...

This week’s training notes: This week, we’re in Unit 1, Session 3, which is called Made for His Glory. This session is a little bit different in that it’s the first of our sessions that is focused on the essential doctrine that flows through the entire unit, God’s glory. This is something you’ll see as you complete every unit—as...

In the first two sessions of this unit, we have seen a common thread of God’s glory. God created everything, including people, to display His glory. In this session, we want to make sure that our kids understand what that means. What is God’s glory?  Defining God’s Glory God’s glory can be thought of as God’s greatness. The Bible...