Sep 29, Fri - Unit 2 Test

Next Quiz/Test: Today was your Unit 2 Test
- Next Friday is Quiz 3a: Psalm 23:1-4, 6 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report/Project: Due Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their test.  Afterwards, they were encouraged to work on "Studying for Devotion 1, Part 1".

Sep 28, Thu - Unit 2 Review

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 2 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report/Project: Due Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: Students had a binder check & then we did the review game

Bible 7 Unit 2 Review
1. A covenant is an agreement (or promise) between two or more that defines their… what?
Relationship
2. Abimelech had conflicts with what two Patriarchs?
Abraham & Isaac
3. Abraham demonstrated his faith in God through his… What?
Actions
4. Abraham didn’t always trust God; however, because God is faithful, God still kept His… What?
Promises (covenant)
5. Abraham learned that God never destroys the righteous people with… Who?
Wicked people
6. Another cool thing about God, He often blesses us even when we don’t… What?
Deserve it!
7. Both Ishmael & Isaac received God’s…
Blessings
8. Can we ever earn God’s blessings and grace?
No.
9. God counted Abram righteous because of his… What?
Faith
10. God first made a promise to greatly bless and make a great nation out of… Who?
Abraham
11. Horrible things are caused by this.
Uncontrolled sin
12. How can a proverb can be used… How?
Incorrectly (it takes wisdom to use it correctly)
13. In this unit, God both heard and answered these things (not people).
Prayers (we should always ask God when we need help!)
14. Jesus’ sacrifice in my place was symbolized by Isaac being replaced by… What?
A ram
15. Melchizedek, the king of Salem, had a name that meant what?
King of Righteousness
16. Our prayers should always agree with what God has… What?
Taught us
17. Sarai’s servant, Hagar, was from what country?
Egypt
18. Ultimately, who could be blessed through Abraham?
All people!
19. We can fully enjoy God’s covenants when we respond to God with what two things?
Trust & Obedience
20. What do we call the part of biblical wisdom literature that provide practical advice on living (especially focusing on relationships with God & others) and help you create a godly worldview?
Proverbs
21. What things from this unit taught us that God is the almighty, most high god, which will provide for us?
God’s names
22. What was a key quality of the covenant that God made with Abraham? It was…What?
Eternal (God kept it even when Abraham’s family failed)
23. When Sarai gave Hagar to Abram as a second wife, it showed that she didn’t trust God to wait for His… What?
Timing
24. When you follow God, it doesn’t mean that your life will always be… What?
Easy (often it is hard!)
25. Who did Abraham believe God could bring back to life?
Isaac
26. Who did Abraham send away from his land so that there would be no competition for Isaac?
Ishmael and his 6 sons from Keturah
27. Whose life tragically showed that getting closer to evil groups has terrible effects on us and our family’s lives? (We should always get away from these groups!)
Lot

Also, know the main characters from the “Patriarch's Family Tree”

Here is your Graphic Organizer for this unit:

Sep 27, Wed - Abraham's Journeys

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 2 Test

Handouts: Studying for Devotion 1, Part 2 (blue)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report/Project: Due Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: Because we are behind in class, we skipped this.

Genesis 18:16-19:38) God Judges Sin: Study Packet, page 2
- The sin of Sodom & Gomorrah is so great…
- - That God plans to destroy them
- The Lord tells Abraham His plan of judgment 
- - Lord is the ESV translation "YHWH," God's name
- - - Sometimes translated as “Jehovah” (No J in Hebrew) or “Yahweh”
- - Abraham seeks God’s grace on this city
- - Lot now lives inside Sodom!)
- Lot resists it
- - But because of God's relationship with Abraham, He brings Lot and his family from this very evil city before it is destroyed
- After this…
- - Lot lives with his daughters in a cave away from everyone
- - His daughters get two children from him
- - - Moab: “From Father”
- - - Ben-Ammi: “Son of My People”

Genesis 18:16-19:38) God Judges Sin) Theology: Study Packet, page 3
- God will judge unrepentant sinners, but in this...
- - God never destroys the righteous with the wicked
- God will not force us to follow Him

Genesis 18:16-19:38) God Judges Sin) Anthropology: Study Packet, page 3
- Uncontrolled sin causes horrible things
- We are utterly destroyed by uncontrolled sin
- We should lead our family to keep God’s way, doing righteousness & justice (Genesis 18:19)

Abimelech & Isaac:
- Genesis 20: Abraham tricks Abimelech just like he had with the Egyptian Pharaoh!
- - This name means, "My Father is King" from Hebrew Ab (Father) and Melech (King)
- - This was likely a title for the ruler of a people group and not a personal name (like 'Pharaoh' for the Egyptians)
- Genesis 21:
- - Isaac is born! (remember, his name means "He Laughs")
- - Things get complex when Ishmael makes fun of Isaac & Sarah wants Hagar & Ishmael to leave.
- - - Though Abraham does not want to do this, God encourages him that it will be okay & that Ishmael will also be blessed; so he sends Hagar away
- - At the end of this Chapter, Abraham makes a covenant w/Abimelech so they no longer fight

Genesis 20-21) Trusting God through Conflicts:
- Abraham vs. Abimelech (“My Father is King,” kingly title): Near Gera
- - Abraham again lies about Sarah.
- - When Abimelech takes her…
- - - God disciplines him
- - But when Abraham prays for him…
- - - God heals him
- Sarah vs. Hagar:
- - After Isaac is born to Sarah…
- - - She demands that Abraham send Hagar & Ishmael away.
- - God encourages Abraham
- - - He will take care of Hagar & Ishmael
- - - Abraham can send them away.
- Abraham vs. Abimelech:
- - Abimelech asks for a covenant of kindness—
- - - Between his people & Abraham's people.
- - Abraham agrees—
- - - Adding protection for the wells that his people dug…
- - - But Abimelech's people stole…

Genesis 20-21) Trusting God through Conflicts) Theology:
- God works out His plans even through our conflicts

Genesis 20-21) Trusting God through Conflicts) Anthropology:
- We should pray for & show kindness to all others, even our enemies

Genesis 22: God Provides the Sacrifice:
- God told Abraham, 
- - “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering." – Genesis 22:2
- Abraham immediately obeys God
- - Still trusting that God will somehow keep His promise to provide countless descendants through Isaac (21:12)!
- - "Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead" – Hebrews 11:19a, NIV
- At the last moment…
- - God stops Abraham, providing a ram instead!
- And He confirms His covenant w/Abraham
- - “I will greatly bless you, & I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens & as the sand which is on the seashore”– Gen. 22:17
- - Abraham gives God the name YHWH-Jireh ("The Lord Will Provide")

Genesis 22: God Provides the Sacrifice) Theology:
- God will provide for us
- - God's ultimate provision was found through Jesus—God's only Son, whom He loves—
- - Like the ram saved Isaac, Jesus saved us by dying for us
- God highly values human life

Genesis 22: God Provides the Sacrifice) Anthropology:
- Following God requires a total commitment from us
- Like Abraham did, we demonstrate our faith is real through actions

Genesis 23-26: God's Blessings Continue:
- Sarah’s Death: 
- - When Sarah dies—
- - - Abraham bargains with Ephron the Hittite & buys land for a grave
- - Abraham sends a servant to find a wife for Isaac (from his distant family)
- - - God answers this servant's prayer & brings him to Rebekah
- - - Rebekah is the sister of Laban & granddaughter of Nahor, Abraham’s brother
- - Isaac loves Rebekah
- - - With her he finds comfort after his mother’s death
- - - This whole story really is a sweet one!  :-)
- Abraham’s Death: 
- - Abraham married Keturah, who bore him 6 more sons
- - - Abraham gives gifts to each of these and…
- - - - Sends them away
- - - - So they wouldn’t compete with Isaac
- - - Isaac has God's greatest blessing & Abraham's primary inheritance
- -Abraham dies at 175 years old
- - - His sons, Isaac & Ishmael, bury him where Sarah was buried
- God’s Blessings on Ishmael & Isaac: 
- - God blesses Ishmael
- - - With a large family in & around the Arabian Peninsula
- - God blesses Isaac
- - - Isaac prays for Rebekah (who was barren) to become pregnant
- - - - She has twins!
- - - God decides and shares that…
- - - - Her oldest child (Esau) will serve the youngest one (Jacob)
- Like Father, Like Son: 
- - Isaac repeats several of Abraham's mistakes
- - But  God mitigates (to make less) them
- - - God kept Isaac from fleeing from Canaan, to Egypt
- - - God let Abimelech learn that Isaac lied about Rebekah being his sister
- - - - Before anyone tried to marry her!
- - - God confirms that the blessings given to Abraham fall upon Isaac.

Genesis 23-26: God's Blessings Continue) Theology:
- God is sovereign and has the freewill to bless anyone He wants to
- God hears and answers our prayers
- God provides for us in times of grief

Genesis 23-26: God's Blessings Continue) Anthropology:
- Without God’s help, we often repeat the mistakes of our parents!
- We should trust God at all times
- We should pray to God when we need help
- - Our prayers should agree with things that God has taught us

Here is our completed Process Grid for this unit:

Sep 26, Tue - Abraham's Journeys

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 2 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal 2-4: Open your Study Packet to pg 9, read the notes about “Fearing the Lord” & then answer these questions on page 12:
- 1) What ‘types’ (e.g. Terror, etc…) of ‘fearing the Lord’ do you think God wants us to most have?  Explain.
- 2) Select 3 of the affects of fearing the Lord that are listed.  For each of them, use a sentence to describe how you think ‘fearing the Lord’ can lead to that effect.
- 3) In 2 sentences of your own words, summarize how a believer lives out ‘fearing the Lord’ in their life.
- 4) Explain why a believer in a good relationship with God wouldn’t need to be terrified of God

Genesis 12:10-18:33) Believing God’s Promises..., Theology: Study Packet, Page 3

- Progressive Revelation: God will often slowly reveals His plan over time
- God blesses us:
- - Even through very hard situations
- - Even when we don't deserve it
- - By applying His righteousness to us through our faith (belief that is paired with real trust)
- - By taking the death penalty that we earned by breaking God's covenant (Jesus' death on the cross)
- Melchizedek foreshadows Jesus: See your Study Packet, pg 7

Genesis 12:10-18:33) Believing God’s Promises..., Anthropology: Study Packet, Page 3
- We should flee from evil, 
- - Even if it looks really good to us
- - E.g. Sodom looked good to Lot
- We can never earn God's blessings
- - We can only receive them as gifts
- We should patiently trust in God's timing 
- - Don't try to 'get ahead of' or 'speed up' God's plan

Sep 25, Mon - Trusting God Through All

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 2 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Today), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal 2-3: Study Packet, page 11.
- Take out your Pre-Reading Form & your book. Set them on your table, next to you so I can get them. Then start this journal:
- Use Bible footnotes (at the bottom of the page) to help answer these.
- - Read Genesis 17:1-8
- - - 1) How old is Abram? 
- - - - 99 years old!!!
- - - 2) How do you spell ‘God Almighty’ like the Hebrew sounds? 
- - - - El-Shaddai
- - - 3) What is “Abram” mean? 
- - - - Exalted Father
- - - - What does “Abraham” mean? "Father of Many"
- - - - Names are important
- - - - In the Bible they'll often rename someone based on something significant that happened in their life (e.g. Saul to Paul and Simon to Peter in the New Testament)
- - - 4) What type of covenant does God establish? (v7) An everlasting covenant! (With Abraham and his descendants)
- - - - That means, even if Abraham and his descendants make mistakes, God will still fulfill His side of the covenant to the end of time!
- - - - What was the key to His side? To be their God --- the focus is on their relationship to God.
- - - - Recognize what happened in the New Testament...
- - - - - Galatians 3:29, "And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise."
- - - - - By God's grace, through our faith in Jesus, we become, spiritually, descendants of Abram! Thus we fall under this promise/covenant!
- - - 5) What does God give to Abraham & his family? 
- - - - Canaan
- When you’re done, work on your Study Packet:
- - Ensure pages 1 (Short Answers 1-2), 4-7, & 9-10 are done
- - On page 13 & fill in the entire left side & the top right

Genesis 12:10-18:33) Believing God’s Promises In All Situations: Study Packet, Page 2
- Abram is learning to trust God... 
- - In Famine: When a famine strikes Canaan, Abram flees to Egypt
- - In Fear: Abram fears people may kill him to take his wife, he lies to escape it
- - In Family Drama: When their flocks grow too large for the land, Lot & Abram part ways
- - - Lot takes the 'better' land (near Sodom), leaving Abram in harder mountains
- - - God comes to Abram & encourages him, “I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted.” – Gen 13:16
- - In Fights: Abram forms a small army that rescues Lot from a much larger army
- On his return, Melchizedek;..
- - - Meaning: “King of Righteousness”
- - - King of Salem: Possibly Jerusalem
- - - Priest of God Most High: “El Elyon”
- - Speaks God's blessing to Abram
- God comforts, encourages, & warns Abram: 
- - God promises to
- - - Protect/reward Abram
- - - Give him a son w/countless descendants
- - - - “"Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."” – Genesis 15:5
- - Abram believed the Lord!
- - - God counted it to him as righteousness
- - - "Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness." - Genesis 15:6
- - God warned Abram about…
- - - The future slavery & saving of his descendants
- - God confirmed this covenant
- - - Showing that breaking it will result in death

- Hagar & Ishmael: 

- - Not fully trusting & waiting for God…

- - - Sarai (old & barren) & Abram have a child through Hagar (Sarai's Egyptian servant)

- - - The child is named Ishmael ("God Hears")

- - Hagar & Sarai fight…

- - - Hagar ran away, but God directed & protected Hagar to return

- - - God promised to bless Ishmael 

- - God gives circumcision to Abram's family 

- - - As a sign of their covenant w/God

- - - God Almighty ("El Shaddai") renames: 

- - - Abram ("Exalted Father") to Abraham ("Father of Many")

- - - Sarai to Sarah ("Princess")

- - - Their child Isaac ("Laughter")

Sep 22, Fri - Quiz 2b & Abraham's Journeys

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV)
- Next Friday is your Unit 2 Test

Handouts: Devotion 1 Preparation, Part 1 (pink)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Passage Selection (Today), Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their quiz.

Catch-Up: Period 1 caught up on notes posted in yesterday's blog

Genesis 12:1-9) God’s Initiates Covenant, Anthropology: Study Packet, page 3
- People in a relationship with God should be a blessing to others!
- Following God is not always easy
- - It is often hard!
- - But it is always worth it!
- We most fully enjoy God's covenants when we trust & obey Him

Sep 21, Thu - Abraham's Calling

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Passage Selection (Sep 22, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal 2-2: Study Packet, Page 11
- Consider: If someone came to your house tonight & said that you had to leave right away because a fire was about to destroy it—
- - 1) What top 3 things would you grab & take with you?  
- - - Your family can all walk out on their own, they’re grabbing their own things.
- - - You have a big backpack you can put them in, but your transportation devices are broken down.  Bummer.
- - 2) Why would you take these things?  
- When done with that: Draw a picture of you and your family fleeing with these things!


Setting the Stage--An Introduction to Abram & his Family: Genesis 11:26-32
- We filled out a family tree in our Study Packets, page 6, with this information
- Main Characters:
- - Terah: Father of the three men below
- - Abram: Married to Sarai, who had the unfortunate condition of being barren (meaning she couldn't have children)
- - Nahor: Married to Milcah
- - Haran: Father of Lot; Haran ends up dying young

MAP: Abram’s Journey: Genesis 12:4-9, 10-16
- Terah & his family started in 'Ur of the Chaldeans', which is to the southeast (bottom right) of the map we showed
- Terah wanted to go Canaan, right beside the Mediterranean Sea (on the east)
- - However, to travel there they couldn't go straight west, there was a giant desert there (the Syrian Desert)
- - So instead Terah followed the Euphrates River north. He only got halfway to Canaan & then stopped in Haran (at the top center of the map we saw), this city was likely named after his son.
- - Terah never did make it to Canaan.
- When God calls Abram, though, Abram responds in fuller faith to God
- - He leaves his family & journeys from Haran (central, north) to Canaan (west coastal region), settling in the Negev (lower regions of Canaan)
- - Lot, his nephew (the son of Abram's dead brother) comes with him

MAP: I showed a map showing the journey of Abram's family

Genesis 12:1-9) God’s Initiates Covenant: Study Packet, page 2
- God initiates a relationship with Abram (Son of Terah): 
- - Notice that God takes the initiative ('first step') in reaching out to Abram
- - - Throughout history God does this!
- - - He is the one who reaches out to us before we reach out to Him
- - - While we were still in our sin & selfishness, God reaches out to us! :-D
- - God makes a covenant with Abram (a 75-years-old man)
- - God tells him to go from his country (City: Haran), people, and family to the land that God would show him
- - God promises to…
- - - Greatly bless Abram,
- - - Make him into a great nation
- - - - Whoa, hold on! How is this possible when his wife is barren & can't have children?!? Again, some strong faith would be needed to trust God in this!
- - - Cause Abram to be a blessing to all of the peoples on earth
- Abram trusts and obeys God! 
- - Even though it would be hard! Consider how it would be...
- - - Dangerous: the smaller your group, the more likely a larger group will attack you
- - - Emotionally Painful: There weren't phones and a good mail service back then, you also couldn't just drive home for special holidays. It was very likely Abram would never see his family again!
- - - Uncertain: God didn't say 'where' to go, He just said that He would show Abram a place! Talk about stepping into the unknown!

- - He brings…

- - - - Sarai (his barren wife)
- - - - Lot (his deceased brother's son)
- - - - All his other things & people
- - - …to the land of Canaan (the “Promised Land” that God will give to Abram's descendants)
- Abram worships God 
- - Building Him an altar & calling upon Him

Genesis 12:1-9) God’s Initiates Covenant, Theology: Study Packet, page 3
- Through covenants God invites us into a relationship w/Himself
- - Covenant:  An agreement (or promise) between two or more that defines their relationship.
- - Where else have we seen this so far? After the flood God made a covenant with Noah & all humanity to never again destroy the earth with a flood
- - - During Jr. High Bible we will continue to see the importance of God's covenants with us!
- God's covenants are often…
- - Eternal: Without an end
- - Unconditional: Unearned gifts
- God blessed all people through Abraham! 
- - Jesus came through Him!

Sep 20, Wed - Devotion Instructions

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Passage Selection (Sep 22, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: None given, students used this period to finish going through devotion instructions, catch up on incomplete Study Packet pages, & study for Friday's quiz.

Sep 19, Tue - Abram's Calling

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Passage Selection (Sep 22, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal 2-1:
- Read Genesis 12:1-9 & then answer:
- - 1) How do Abram’s actions of obedience show that he had faith (belief & trust) in God? (What would require faith about this?)
- - - Many possible answers here! Leaving his family, moving to a new place, doesn't know what's ahead, etc...
- - 2) Summarize God’s promises to Abram
- - - God will bless Abram, making him a great nation, making his name great, and through him all peoples on the earth will be blessed!
- - - That last part of the blessing is key! It was fulfilled through the work of Jesus, when God offered salvation to all 'peoples on the earth' through their faith in Jesus
- - 3) What does Abram do twice here as worship to God?
- - - He builds an altar, a pile of rocks, stacked up to make a place to burn sacrifices.
- - - These served several purposes:
- - - - (1) A time to worship, praise, & thank God for what He has done
- - - - (2) A time to get right with God in your relationship by offering sacrifice for sins
- - - - (3) Setting up something that will be visible for years to come as a reminder of what God did in your life at that time and place
- When you’re done, read Genesis 12:10-20 & then answer questions 1-4 on page 7 of your study packet

Devotion Instructions: We continued through this

Sep 18, Mon - Quiz 2b Prep

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

- Devotion Assignment Key Due Dates: Passage Selection (Sep 22, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 1 (Oct 2, submitted in-class), Preparation Part 2 (Oct 9, submitted in-class), Outline Form (Oct 16, typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal:
- Read through Proverbs 20:11-15 & 22:2-6 (left):
- - As you do, answer Questions 9-12 & 13-16 (right)
- - Give your best guess, even if you’re not sure!
- When done:
- - Answer the first question on page 13 (top left)
- - - Note: This page is given to help you study for your test!
- - Answer Short Answer 1 on page 1 (use page 9 for help!)
- - Review about “Fearing the Lord” on page 9 (bottom 2/3rds)
- More time?
- - Study for Friday’s quiz (Page 1 or 5, Proverbs 20:11-15 (ESV))
- - Read through Genesis 12

Quiz 2b Preparation:
- Your Verses: Proverbs 20:11-15
- - As a side note, notice how these verses so nicely match the quality of the proverbs! They are short & compact, make generalizations, use figurative language, & the work off the idea that you reap what you sow!
- - - Conduct: Actions, deeds, accomplishments
- - - Pure: Spiritually clean, righteous
- - - Upright: Straight, right, correct
- Your Questions: Based upon class discussion & your personal reflection of these verses, use complete sentences & your own words to specifically answer:
- - 1) What does verse 11 says our behavior reveals? How are these more revealing than our words?
- - - 'Even a child's behavior reveals whether his conduct is pure or right'
- - - - If it does so with a child, it does with us!
- - - - Purity & rightness is not a focus on our behavior/actions/conduct...
- - - - - It focuses on our inward character---
- - - - - Our behavior/actions reveals our inward character, whether it is pure or right
- - - Remember the phrase, "actions speak louder than words" --- and it's true!
- - - - Your job is to explain why this is true.
- - - - Show me some good thought here!
- - 2) These verses praise speaking with knowledge, from your reflection, explain how you can grow to speak with more knowledge.
- - - This is also based on your own reflection---how can you, personally, learn to speak with more knowledge?
- - - Some things we talked about in class:
- - - - - Reading the Bible,
- - - - - Thinking before you speak,
- - - - - Studying,
- - - - - Learning from others with more knowledge (like our parents),
- - - - - Etc...
- - - Give me at least two that you personally think of or relate to.
- - - - - Remember to *explain these*, don't simply list them.

Devotion Instructions: We continued through this

Sep 14, Thu - Quiz 2a & Devotion Instructions

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is Quiz 2b: Proverbs 20:11-15

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28

Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their quiz. After the quiz we worked through... 

Proverbs: Self Introduction: Extra, helpful information

- Proverbs 1:1-6, 7, 8)

- What is the point of the Proverbs? 
- - To teach wisdom, knowledge, understanding
- Authorship… 
- - Who wrote it? Who did he write it to? 
- - - Like a letter from a father to a son
- - Who wrote chapter 30? 
- - - Agur son of Jakeh
- - Who wrote chapter 31? Where did he get this from?
- - - King Lemuel, from his mother
- A note on ‘The fear of the Lord’
- - Not exclusively ‘being afraid,’ but…
- - Awe, reverence, respect, honor, & obedience
- - See Study Packet, Page 9, for more details!

Devotion Instructions: We continued working through this. 

Sep 13, Wed - Understanding the Bible

Next Quiz/Test: TOMORROW is Quiz 2a: Proverbs 3:19-23 (ESV)

Handouts: None given

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: Students voted for USSE representatives & then had time to study for tomorrow's quiz.

Understanding the Bible: We continued through pages 3 & 4

- We discussed & completed page 3's "A Bible Study Tool" 

Devotion Instructions: With extra time, we started to go through this

Sep 12, Tue - Understanding the Bible

Next Quiz/Test: THURSDAY is Quiz 2a: Proverbs 3:19-23 (ESV)

Handouts: Luke 10:38-42 Translations (white, half-sheet)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: Understanding the Bible, Page 3
- Pick up one of the small white papers from below:
- - Read over Luke 10:38-42 in all three translations
- - - Underline or highlight key differences that you notice
- - - Write notes, questions, or key insights you gained by reading this in more than one version on the side.
- - Can you read another language?
- - - Let Mr. Ellis know—he will hopefully have a copy of these verses in that translation, too!
- Next, go to pg 3 of “Understanding the Bible” and…
- - Fill out the Selection with the above verse
- - Fill out your Observations (Summarize the story, what’s happening?)
- - Fill out your Interpretations (What key ideas is this teaching?)
- - Later we will do the Applications
- - - This will be turned in, make sure to do a good job!

- Class Discussion: We created a list of our Observations & Interpretations

- - I explained 'Which Mary' this was (there are at least 6 in the New Testament!)

Understanding the Bible: We continued through pages 2 & 3. 

Sep 11, Mon - Quiz 2a Prep.

Next Quiz/Test: THURSDAY is Quiz 2a: Proverbs 3:19-23 (ESV)

Handouts: Unit 2 Study Packet (white)

Reminders:
- Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Due Today), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 14, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 2: Proverbs and Genesis 12-28
Journal: Unit 2 Study Packet, Page 10

- On the sheet being passed around—Write your book title & author that you are requesting for the book report
- Meanwhile, read through Prov. 3:19-23 & 15:3-6 (left)
- - As you do, answer Questions 1-4 & 5-8 (right)
- - Give your best guess, even if you’re not sure!
- More time?
- - Study for Thursday’s quiz (Yes, Thursday, study now!)
- - - Find this on page 1 or 4 – Proverbs 3:19-23
- - You feel good about the quiz?
- - - Read through Genesis 12

Proverbs: An Introduction: Study Packet, Page 9
- What section of the Bible is it in? Poetry & Wisdom of the Old Testament
- - The Proverbs are primarily ‘Wisdom Literature’
- - But they use a lot of poetry in how they present it!
- The Proverbs provide…
- - Practical advice on living (For instance, Proverbs 15:1, "A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger." --- very practically, if you say something nice, people don't usually get angry with you, but saying something mean makes them mad!)
- - A godly worldview
- The Proverbs focus on relationships with God & others
- What are some of the qualities of the Proverbs? Generally, the Proverbs…
- - Come in short, compact statements
- - Use figurative language (e.g. Proverbs 18:4, "The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.")
- - Operate on principle that ‘You reap what you sow’
- - - But, in a sin-fallen world…
- - - Sometimes God’s justice is delayed…
- What are some of the limitations of the Proverbs? This book provides great wisdom!  But remember these main points…
- - Because they are short & compact…
- - - Not every possible life situation is covered (Example from Proverbs 20:14, buyers don't always brag about what they get)
- - - - The complexities of life sometimes make these hard to apply!
- - Because they are ‘generalizations’…
- - - They are not always true in our broken world
- - And finally…
- - - They can be misused by people!
- - - “Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.” Proverbs 26:7
- KEY: Proverbs are designed to make one wise, but they require wisdom to use in the right situations and in the right way 

Quiz 2a Preparation:
- Your Verses: Proverbs 3:19-23 (ESV)
- - Adornment: A charm or graceful object (like jewelry)
- - Wisdom & Discretion: These two words are defined a bit in the answer to #1
- Your Questions:
- - 1) In this passage, what does discretion and wisdom refer to?
- - - If you have wisdom and discretion,
- - - - You understand how to use your knowledge correctly
- - - - You have the ability to make godly decisions
- - - - You have godly insights that help guide you through life.
- - - - You can tell the difference between a bad idea, an okay idea, and a great idea.
- - - For example: If one of your friends stole from someone else...
- - - - What would you do?
- - - - - Tell the friend to give it back?
- - - - - Tell the person who had it taken?
- - - - - Tell the principal?
- - - - - Do nothing?
- - - - Discretion and wisdom is the ability to make a good decision in this type of situation.
- - 2) How can you, personally grow in these?
- - - Show me you've thought through this. What things can you do or what new habits can you pick up that will help you grow in your ability to know and make wise choices in life?
- - - Some things we talked about include:
- - - - Self-reflection,
- - - - Ask a friend/Parent/Guardian,
- - - - Ask for God’s help,
- - - - Learn from the Bible,
- - - - Learn from other people’s experiences (in person or online or in a book)

Sep 8, Fri - Unit 1 Test

Next Quiz/Test: Today was your Unit 1 Test
- Next Friday is Quiz 2a: Proverbs 3:19-23

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1: Genesis 1-11
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took their test.

With extra time I showed a few pictures relating to Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, and The Tower of Babel (Some were from 'After Eden' a cartoon strip by Dan Leitha, www.answersingenesis.org/aftereden/)

Sep 7, Thu - Unit 1 Review

Next Quiz/Test: TOMORROW is your Unit 1 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1) Genesis 1-11
Journal: None given, we had our binder check and then took part in the below review game.

Unit 1 Review Game: This was in the format of Jeopardy

Creation (Part 1/2)
Creation (Part 1): 10 <> Why do we call God the ‘Creator’?
We call God this because He created all things.
Creation (Part 1): 20 <> Why do we call God immanent mean?
We call God this because it shows He is very close to and personal with us
Creation (Part 1): 30 <> Who was given the job of being fruitful and filling the earth while subduing it?
This job was given to humans
Creation (Part 1): 40 <> Why were Adam & Eve able to have a real, loving relationship w/God?
They were able to have this because God put the ‘bad tree’ in the garden, allowing them a choice.
Creation (Part 1): 50 <> What does John 1:1-3 share about Jesus?
This New Testament book says that He was the Creator

Creation (Part 2/2)
Creation (Part 2): 10 <> Why do we call God powerful?
We call God this because it shows that He can do anything— He is all-mighty!
Creation (Part 2): 20 <> Why do we call God sovereign?
We call God this because it shows that He is fully in charge of all things, like a king.
Creation (Part 2): 30 <> Why do we call God transcendent?
We call God this because it shows He is far above us in His greatness & power
Creation (Part 2): 40 <> What is the Sabbath?
This was the day that God said we should rest from our work.
Creation (Part 2): 50 <> What does it mean to be made in God’s image?
It means that we are separate from animals, have free will, & can have a relationship w/God.

Sin (Part 1/2)
Sin (Part 1): 10 <> Who is Cain?
He is the first murderer in the Bible.
Sin (Part 1): 20 <> What does sin cause?
It causes horrible things—especially when we lose control to it!
Sin (Part 1): 30 <> Why does God bring punishment & judgment on sin?
God brings these because He is just (fair) & we deserved them from our sin
Sin (Part 1): 40 <> What are the three things that Adam & Eve did after they sinned & God came?
They had shame (guilt for doing wrong), they ran & hid, they blamed each other (not accepting responsibility)
Sin (Part 1): 50 <> What is forgiveness and healing?
These are two things that God is willing to give us, when we repent of our sins.

Sin (Part 2/2)
Sin (Part 2): 10 <> What was ‘Very Good’?
Everything that God made was this way after He first created it—there were no mistakes!
Sin (Part 2): 20 <> What is crouching at the door & has a desire for us?
God told Cain that sin does this, this is why we must master it!
Sin (Part 2): 30 <> What are spiritual, physical, & social deaths?
These are the three different types of death that we experience due to sin.
Sin (Part 2): 40 <> Who is Satan/the devil?
This is the one that Revelation shares actually tempted Eve.
Sin (Part 2): 50 <> What are the desires of the eyes, desires of the flesh, and selfish pride?
These are the three ways that Eve was and we are tempted by sin.

A Flood & A Tower (Part 1/2)
A Flood & Tower (Part 1): 10 <> What is sin/evil?
This is a quality that the world had so much of that God decided to judge it with a world-wide flood of destruction
A Flood & Tower (Part 1): 20 <> What is grace?
This is a quality of God that is demonstrated when He offers salvation to those who follow Him.
A Flood & Tower (Part 1): 30 <> Which story explains how we got all our different languages?
The Tower of Babel explains how we got all of these.
A Flood & Tower (Part 1): 40 <> What meaning did God give the rainbow?
God gave this the meaning of reminding us about His covenant to never again destroy the earth with a world-wide flood
A Flood & Tower (Part 1): 50 <> What do these three things have in common? An animal being killed instead of Adam & Eve, Satan’s curse involving a male crushing his head,& Noah’s Ark saving mankind.
Each of these three things that God did in Genesis 1-11 that gave us hints about His coming plan of salvation.

A Flood & A Tower (Part 2/2)
A Flood & Tower (Part 2): 10 <> Who was Noah?
He was a righteous & blameless man, a person who trusted & obeyed God (even though he had some sin)
A Flood & Tower (Part 2): 20 <> What is patience?
This is a quality of God that is demonstrated when He allows us to keep disobeying Him for a long time.
A Flood & Tower (Part 2): 30 <> What is judgment?
This is what God will finally bring on us for unrepented sins (sins that we keep doing).
A Flood & Tower (Part 2): 40 <> What was wrong with not filling the earth and with having selfish pride?
These were two sins against God at the Tower of Babel.
A Flood & Tower (Part 2): 50 <> Why did God confuse our languages?
So that we couldn’t all team up in doing evil (against God or each other).

Unit 1 Process Grid: See this in class or from a friend if you have blank areas to fill in.

Sep 6, Wed - Catch Up & Understanding the Bible

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 1 Test

Handouts: Devotion Instructions (pink)

Reminders:

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1) Genesis 1-11
Journal 1-7: Study Packet, Page 14 (use the back)
- Read Genesis 5:21-32
- - 1) Who didn’t die, but was taken by God? 
- - - Enoch
- - 2) Who was the oldest man to ever live? 
- - - Methuselah
- - 3) What are the names of Noah’s 3 kids? 
- - - Shem, Ham, Japeth
- Read Genesis 1:26, 3:22, 11:7 and Isaiah 6:8
- - 4) By what pronoun (e.g. me, them, you, etc…) does God refer to Himself in these verses? 
- - - “Us”
- - 5) Why do you think that is? Two reasons from scholars…
- - - Some think it is a relationship to how some kings may use that phrase for themselves as though they were standing in their court and saying to everyone, “Let us go and do this…”
- - - Others think it is a hint to the Trinity—one God, yet referring to Himself in the plural sense, as though there is multiple persons.
- When done, work on page 9 of your Unit 1 Study Packet 

Note: Period 8 is a little behind & we continued through Noah's Ark & The Tower of Babel

Understanding the Bible: We continued to work on this & then got to...

Unit 1 Graphic Organizer: Here is the one that we made together as a class.

Sep 5, Tue - The Tower of Babel

Next Quiz/Test: Friday is your Unit 1 Test

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1) Genesis 1-11
Journal 1-6: Study Packet, Page 12
- In Genesis 9:1, God command Noah’s family to be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth
- Read Genesis 11:1-9
- - 1) How do they disobey what God said in 9:1 here? (Look especially at the 2nd part of God’s command…)
- - - They grouped into one city instead of filling the earth

- - 2) How did they demonstrate the sin of ‘pride’? 
- - - They chose to disobey God & they wanted to make a name for themselves- - 3) Why does God say He will confuse their language? 
- - - "They are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do.  And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them." 

- - - Basically, they will team up to sin against God and accomplish horrible things, making the world as bad as it was (or even worse) before the great flood.
- - 4) What does ‘Babel’ mean? (see the little ‘n’)
- - - Confused
- - 5) Other than confusing language, what is the other thing God does here? 
- - - He spread them over the earth

Genesis 11: The Tower of Babel: Fill this in on page 2 of your Study Packet

- God told people to fill the earth.
- - But people decided to join up against God
- - How? By staying in one place and building a tower to their own honor.
- As a result…
- - God confused their language
- - God spread them all over the earth! (v8)
- Noah’s son, Shem has a family line that comes to a man named Terah
- - Terah wants to move his family to Canaan, but they only get to Haran (the city).
- - Terah has 3 sons, Terah, Haran, and Abram

Genesis 11: What does this teach us about God (Theology) and People (Anthropology): Fill this out on page 3 of your Study Packet
- God: See previous stories, similar teachings are brought back into this
- We:
- - Can do horrible sins when we all team up against God
- - Received the different languages from this event
- - Were spread out by this event

Unit 1 Process Grid: Study packet, Page 2-3

Sep 1, Fri - Quiz 1b & Noah's Ark

Next Quiz/Test: Today was Quiz 2a: Genesis 2:18, 22, 23
- Next Friday is your Unit 1 Test!

Handouts: None given

Reminders:

- Book Report Key Due-Dates: Title & Author (Mon, Sep. 11, written on a paper in class), Pre-Reading Form (Mon, Sep. 25, @ start of class), Book Report/Project (Mon, Nov. 13, report on TurnItIn.com / Art @ start of class)

Instructional Time: Unit 1 - Genesis 1-11
Journal: None given, students studied for & then took our quizzes. Afterwards we worked on the notes below.

Genesis 5-10: The Great Flood: Fill this in on page 2 of your Study Packet

- It's not like the movie!

- Introductory Notes:

- - Genesis 6:1-2) What are the ‘Sons of God’?

- - - Angels? This term sometimes refers to angels, thus some suggest these were 'bad angels' who chose to have a married relationships with people.

- - - - But the Bible never elsewhere shows this as even being possible.

- - - God-Following People? This term sometimes refers to people who follow God.

- - - - This seems like a more likely interpretations.

- - - - Those families (likely Seth's descendants) who use to just follow God began to marry into the families who did not ('daughters of men,' e.g. Cain's descendants).

- - - - Over time this usually leads a family to abandon being faithful to only follow God.

- - - - The Old & New Testament both warn men not to marry women who do not follow God.

- - - - Due to this common theme and problem for people, this is the more likely interpretation.

- - Genesis 6:3) What is that 120 years for?

- - Some say this is a limit to how old people can get, but many people still lived past 120 years after this point!

- - Instead, this is the 'final countdown' of time until God would send the flood.

- Many people came from Adam and Eve.

- - Some were good (e.g. Enoch), but sin finally became so bad that only one good family was left:

- - - “The wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (6:5)

- - - Therefore,

- - - - Because of man's evil, God was grieved

- - - - God planned a judgment as the fair consequence to people

- - - But there is a glimmer of hope...

- v8) Noah found favor in the eyes of God

- - He was righteous and blameless.

- - God chose him to build a boat (the 'Ark') to save his family and the animals from a world-wide flood.

- - Noah trusted and obeyed God.

- - - Some think the 120 years God mentioned in 6:3 is the time it took Noah to build this!

- - - Imagine the ridicule and hardships he must have faced from his neighbors...

- The flood came...

- - Noah, his family, and the animals got into the boat and God shut them in

- - - Closing the door as a final sign of His judgment against those who lived in sin

- - For 40 days water fell onto the earth

- - - Water covered the *whole earth*!

- - - Every high mountain was covered by at least 20 feet

- - - The water was on the earth for 150 days

- - Every person and animal not on the Ark was destroyed

- - - But God brought the flood to an end, allowing a new beginning.

- Noah worships God,

- - Noah gives thanks to God by building an alter and offering sacrifices to Him.

- - God uses the rainbow as a sign of His covenant (promise) never to destroy the earth like this again.

- - - A Covenant is. "A promise between two or more that defines their relationship"

- - - He makes this promise while also knowing and noting that we evil from our childhood.

- Some Final Notes: Genesis 9:1-6) God then decides several key things:

- - God Commands that mankind be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth

- - God puts into animals a fear of people, they would now run from us

- - God allows us to eat meat (without the blood still in it)

- - God institutes the death penalty for killing another person

- - - Cain and Lamech got to keep living after their murders. 

- - - - Perhaps God now does this to help keep sin from spreading and becoming as bad as it was

- - - Interestingly, although we are still evil, God here notes that we are still made in His image! 

- - - - God never removes this from us! That's grace!

- Genesis 9:20-23: Noah has some problems... 

- - Noah plants a vineyard, creates wine, drinks it, becomes drunk, and passes out naked in his tent!

- - His youngest son, Ham, saw him and instead of covering him up he goes outside to his brothers and starts to gossip about it! 

- - - His brothers, Shem and Japheth, go into Noah's tent backwards (so they don't see their father naked) with a blanket and cover him up. 

- - - Noah ends up cursing Ham's family (through his son Canaan) due to their sinful decision. 

- - We know Noah as a righteous man, yet here we see him making a mistake by getting drunk!

- - - What can we learn from this?

- - - - That God can use us no matter what faults we have!

- - - - Even though Noah had a problem like this, God still used him in an amazing way

- - - - Even though we aren't perfect, when we choose to trust and obey God, He can use us in amazing ways, too!

- All of the future people on earth came from Noah and his family

- - Genesis 10 shows 'The Table of Nations’

- - This is a list of how Noah's three sons repopulated the earth after the flood (their families and where they moved)

Genesis 5-10: What does this teach us about God (Theology) and People (Anthropology)

- Fill this out on page 3 of your Study Packet

- God:

- - Has Patience: He will let us continue to disobey Him for a long time

- - Has Judgment: When unrepented sin reaches a certain level

- - Has Grace: He provides salvation for those who follow Him

- - - Noah’s ark symbolize our final,  future salvation through Jesus

- - - God offers us a new beginning through this

- We are utterly destroyed by uncontrolled sin

If we had extra time in class, we went over these things:

Points to Ponder of Noah: Concerning the flood...

- There are over 250 flood stories from all parts of the world… 

- - Perhaps they all come from an actual event? Perhaps all the stories are related to the fact that all people came from Noah and his kids? Then from them this story was passed down through the generations, although changed in some cultures who did not truly remember what God did through this.

- On the Ark...

- - Did the animals have to be full grown? 

- - - Not at all! They could have been very young, which means they were smaller and ate less! Two things important for the Ark

- - Could they have hibernated? 

- - - Absolutely! This would mean they ate even less

- - Were every type of an animal (e.g. every type of ‘dog’) needed?

- - - Nope! Only the 'type' of dog (or other animal) that all the others could come from, the 'master breed,' so to speak.

- Did Noah have to get every animal on his own? 

- - - Nope, God sent the animals to Noah (Gen. 6:20)

- How did animals get on every continent if they all started again in just one spot?

- - A few ways to answer this...

- - - Perhaps God simply put them there when He spread out people after the Tower of Babel

- - - Perhaps the continents were not yet fully divided when the flood ended. See Genesis 10:25, in the days of Peleg, the earth was divided--perhaps this refers to the moving of the continents? (see the Pangaea Theory in modern science)