A listing of free resources available to help you better prepare and teach a Bible study group using Adult Explore the Bible. These ideas support Session 3, “The First Sin,” in the Winter 2023-24 study of Genesis 1–19 (Genesis 3:1-7, 21-24). Extra Idea Extra provides an idea for using a current news story to introduce…
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Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. —1 Corinthians 10:27 (KJV) From 2008 until 2013, millions of TV viewers followed the dark story of lead character Walter White in the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad. As a struggling high school chemistry teacher, White descended quickly into the murderous world of…
Read More“The Fall” and Other Christian-ese By Philip Nation You are embarking on a session that might be quite familiar to you. It deals with the tragic story of sin entering our world. In Genesis 3, Adam and Eve listen to the Devil, doubt God’s goodness, and commit the first sin. It initiates the chaos we…
Read MoreOne may make a formidable case that sin is its own penalty. In Genesis 3, for example, when Adam and Eve chose to believe the lie rather than the truth—which is the definition of sin—that was evil. From that evil evil resulted. Their turning from life—which is the definition of death—resulted in further death. The…
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