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Genesis, Part 1: Covenant Relationship Initiated
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Lesson OneCreation of the World (Gen 1-2)23 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 1-2
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In | Workbook: Creation
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In | Interpretation Stops
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In | Repetition
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In | Literary Structures
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In | The Structure of the Six Days of Creation
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Behind | Creation Myths
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Behind | Workbook: How Do We Make Sense of Extra-biblical Parallels?
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Behind | Extra-biblical Parallels
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Behind | Creation Parallels
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Behind | Workbook: The Purpose of Creation Stories
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Behind | Kings, Temples, Rest
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Behind | Onsite: Heaven and Earth - Philae Temple, Upper Egypt
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In Front | Religious vs Scientific
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In Front | His Reign Your Rest
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In Front | Christianity Today: The Search for the Historical Adam
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In Front | Christianity Today: Why Conservation is a Gospel Issue
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In Front | The Missing Chapters: Andy Crouch
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: The Wright Stuff
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: Garbage Island
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In Front | Table Talk: Faith and Science
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson TwoRoyal Image Bearers (Gen 1-2)16 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 1-2
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In | Workbook: Genesis 2
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In | Image of God: Royal, Priestly, Familial
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In | Workbook: Image of God
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Behind | Royal Ideology in the Ancient Near East
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Behind | Sumerian King List
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Behind | Bearing the Image of God
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Behind | Mesopotamian and Egyptian Parallels
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Behind | Workbook: Similarities between the Bible and Other Traditions
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In Front | Imago Dei: Dr. Francis Beckwith
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In Front | Image Ethics
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In Front | Christ the Image of God
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In Front | Typology
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In Front | Bible Project: Image of God
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson ThreeRebellion and Consequences (Gen 3-5)14 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 3-5
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In | Workbook: Genesis 3-5
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In | The Rebellion in Eden
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In | Predictions, Prophecies, Promises and Foreshadow
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In | Workbook: Two Family Lines
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Behind | Serpents in Ancient Mythology
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Behind | Snake Symbolism in the Ancient Near East
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Behind | Onsite: Crushing the Head of the Chaos Serpent - Steve Wunderink
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In Front | Evil in the World
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In Front | Christianity Today: How Neuroscience—and the Bible—Explain Shame
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In Front | Christianity Today: We’re So Unashamed We Wrote a Book on It. Three of Them, Actually.
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In Front | Our Daily Bread: Shopping with Liam
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FourFlood and New Creation (Gen 6-9)14 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 6-9
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In | Workbook: Genesis 6–10
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In | The Flood
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In | Reading Chunks
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In | Covenant
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In | Thematic Patterns
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Behind | Museum of the Bible: The Flood Story in 3D
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Behind | Ancient Near East Flood Accounts
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Behind | The Rain “Bow”
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Behind | Sons of God and Giants
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In Front | The Covenant Cycle
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In Front | Images of the Flood: Lika Tov
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson FiveBabel and the Scattering of Nations (Gen 10-11)13 Activities
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Getting Started
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Lesson Text: Genesis 10-11
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In | Workbook: Genesis 11
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In | Lausanne Movement: Why was Building the Tower so Bad
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In | Bible Project: Genesis 1–11
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In | Workbook: The Image of God and the Human “Brand”
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Behind | Regal-Ritual Cities
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Behind | Museum of the Bible: Ziggurat of Ur Kasdim
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Behind | The Sumerian Epic of Enmerkar
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In Front | Workbook: From Genesis to Revelation
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In Front | The Drama of Rebellion and Redemption
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In Front | Reading Canonically
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Wrap-Up
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Lesson 2, Activity 1
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Do you tend to think of yourself more highly than you probably should? Or do you think you need to be reminded that you have more value than you typically feel? What about other people? Would you gauge their self-regard too high, or their self-esteem too low?
If Genesis is going to help us understand everything in the world better, it’s going to take us from the macro to the micro, from the cosmic to the personal. Who exactly are we? What does it mean to be human, uniquely “made in the image of God”? I think you’ll be surprised to see all that’s packed into this phrase and what difference – what differences that will make.