Illustrations from Genesis
27 illustrations referencing Genesis
Science Illustration: Learning from Failure
Consider learning from failure in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes learning from failure with wonder, humility, ...
Nature Illustration: Sabbath Land and Jubilee
Consider sabbath land and jubilee in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes sabbath land and jubilee with wonder, humi...
Nature Illustration: Seeds, Roots, and Fruitfulness
Consider seeds, roots, and fruitfulness in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes seeds, roots, and fruitfulness with ...
Nature Illustration: Creation Groaning and Hope
Consider creation groaning and hope in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes creation groaning and hope with wonder, ...
Nature Illustration: Ants and Small Wisdoms
Consider ants and small wisdoms in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes ants and small wisdoms with wonder, humility...
Nature Illustration: Birds, Lilies, and God’s Provision
Consider birds, lilies, and god’s provision in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes birds, lilies, and god’s provisi...
Nature Illustration: Wilderness and Spiritual Formation
Consider wilderness and spiritual formation in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes wilderness and spiritual formati...
Nature Illustration: Shepherding, Flocks, and Care
Consider shepherding, flocks, and care in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes shepherding, flocks, and care with wo...
Science Illustration: Ethics in Innovation
Consider ethics in innovation in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes ethics in innovation with wonder, humility, an...
Nature Illustration: Light and Darkness
Consider light and darkness in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes light and darkness with wonder, humility, and fa...
Science Illustration: Curiosity and the Scientific Method
Consider curiosity and the scientific method in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes curiosity and the scientific me...
Nature Illustration: Creation Care and Stewardship
Consider creation care and stewardship in the modern world. Scientific and natural insights can deepen discipleship when held under Christ. Genesis 1:1-5 reframes creation care and stewardship with wo...
Creation Care: Our First Commission - Story
A story related to this content Before the Great Commission came the first commission: 'God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over...
Two Becoming One: The Mystery of Christian Marriage - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Marriage is more than legal contract or romantic partnership—it's a sacrament that mirrors Christ's relationship with the Church. Paul's instruction to husbands...
Creation Care: Our First Commission - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Before the Great Commission came the first commission: 'God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Ru...
The Covenant of Grace Through History - Contemporary Example
A contemporary example of this content Reformed covenant theology reveals God's unified plan of redemption spanning all history. From the beginning, God established covenants—formal relationships wit...
Two Becoming One: The Mystery of Christian Marriage - Story
A story related to this content Marriage is more than legal contract or romantic partnership—it's a sacrament that mirrors Christ's relationship with the Church. Paul's instruction to husbands in Eph...
The Covenant of Grace Through History - Story
A story related to this content Reformed covenant theology reveals God's unified plan of redemption spanning all history. From the beginning, God established covenants—formal relationships with His p...
Joseph's Long View - Reformed (Romans 8:28)
Joseph spent years in a pit, in slavery, in prison—each time because of others' evil choices. His brothers' jealousy, Potiphar's wife's lies, the cupbearer's forgetfulness. Yet at the end, he could sa...
The Spirituals Born from Suffering - Black Church (Romans 8:28)
The spirituals—"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Go Down Moses," "Wade in the Water"—were born in unspeakable suffering. Enslaved people with no political power, no legal rights, created music that has out...
The A Better Political Imagination Challenge
In our modern world, A Better Political Imagination presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar struggles in th...
The Technology and Human Connection Challenge
In our modern world, Technology and Human Connection presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar struggles in t...
Modern Examples of We Have What We Need to Practice Love
In our modern world, We Have What We Need to Practice Love presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar struggle...
When Climate Change and Hope Meets Real Life
In our modern world, Climate Change and Hope presents both challenges and opportunities for people of progressive Christian faith. Like the biblical characters who faced similar struggles in their tim...