It is comforting to know that the great patriarch, Abraham, had a problem that we are all too familiar with ourselves. He had a hard time waiting on the Lord. He had a hard time trusting that God would be faithful to keep His covenant or His promises. Abraham tried to protect himself. He lied a lot. He tried to enforce his own plans over God's plans with dire results. God's ever-present trees continue to play an important role in His story. Videos thebibleproject.com The Old Testament Overview: Genesis 12-50 The Torah Series: Genesis 12-50 Apologetics Press Did God Tempt Abraham? Eric Lyons ..read more

God chose a man from a pagan family to bring his people forward in history. Like most of God's chosen people, Abram was not without his flaws. We follow him on his journey with his beautiful wife, Sarai. BONUS content today as we sidebar to meet a very important priest and king of Salem, Melchizedek. Who was he and why is he important?  Videos thebibleproject.com The Royal Priest Series: Abraham and Melchizedek (5 min) Old Testament Overview Genesis 12-50 (8 min, printable poster attached) The Torah Series Gen 12-50 (5 min) Podcasts thebibleproject.com The Royal Priest Series: Who was M ..read more

In this episode, we begin to look specifically at how God uses trees to continue His plan for man! Trees play an important role in the narratives of Noah  and Abram. We will study them and numerous "heroes of faith" as we continue our study of trees in scripture.  Scriptures Genesis 3:16 Genesis 4 Exodus 25:10-11 Genesis 5:29 Genesis 6:5-7 Genesis 6:14-15 Genesis 8:20-22 Genesis 1:29 Genesis 9:2-4 Joshua 24:2 Genesis 12:1-4 Videos: www.bibleproject.com Genesis 1-11 (6 minutes) Genesis 12-50 (5 minutes) Podcasts: www.bibleproject.com The Genesis Scroll - 9 episodes ..read more

Why do we always crave the ONE thing we cannot have? The things that are bad for us. God has provided SO much for us. If something were good for us, wouldn't He tell us to take as much of it as we wish and enjoy it? When we chose to play God and make decisions for ourselves, decisions against God's provision for us, things do not go well. We need to work to stay away from shiny objects so we can live in peace and be trees of blessing to one another.  Scriptures Genesis 2:15-17 Proverbs 11:30 Genesis 5:29 Isaiah 14:3 Genesis 6:6 2 Samuel 19:2 Ephesians 5:22-25 Matthew 20:28 Genesis 1:28 S ..read more

Where did the mythology regarding creation come from? You might be surprised to learn that it can all be tied together and easily seen as originating from the same true event. The Tree of Life and other Biblically accurate creation events appear as common concepts in pagan myths developed after the Tower of Babel. We develop a timeline to look at the history of these myths - their rise and fall. Resources Timeline per archaeologists 4300 BC The Flood 4200 BC The Tower of Babel 3000 BC Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian creation myths appear 2100 BC Gilgamesh (oldest known written litera ..read more

< __truncato_root__> In Episode 17 we list 7 ways in which people and trees are comparable in scripture and we quote some of those scriptures. We then turn to The Tree of Life, the most famous tree in the world! What happened there? Was it all bad? Let's take a look. Resources: www.thebibleproject.org - Video The Temple, 5 part Video Series, Creation Series 10 Episode Podcast, The Tree of Life  Blogpost , The Tree if Life, Gone but Not Forgotten Goggle Search- "apostle Paul metamorphosis " Online Article- Christian Metamorphosis by Paul Niesen ..read more

God begins to teach us an analogy between humans and trees on the very first page of His Word.  Trees are miraculous sustainers of human life on earth and a very good example of God's care and provision for us. Preachers and writers in the 1800s found this a fine topic to expound upon, but it has fallen out of favor these days. Why? Scriptures: Genesis Chapter 1 and 2 Books: Reforesting Faith, What Do Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us"  by Matthew Sleeth Podcasts: Breakpoint: What Trees Tell Us About the Nature of God with Matthew Sleeth Unhurriedliving: P ..read more

Every Bible author carried the theme of trees throughout scripture. Did you know this fact?  Have you seen this theme beyond Jesus as the sprout, the root, the branch or the tree? With this episode, we begin a new and very important Bible theme: TREES! Scripture Genesis Ch. 1 and 2, Exodus 3, Psalm 1, John 15, Matthew 13, Acts 5:30, 10:39, 13:29 Video: www.bibleproject.com  - The Tree of Life Podcasts: www.bibleproject.com - 10 episodes of The Tree of Life podcast ..read more

Think of all the well encounters you can remember from scripture. There are many. Did you know they form a pattern? Do you know how God uses wells to accomplish His will for man? In this episode we will explore God's use of wells leading up to one specific pivotal encounter at a well.  ..read more

There are some surprising nuggets of scripture in this episode.  God controls all water and all weather. Let's look at how He uses different forms of water to bring blessings as well as curses to His people in Bible history. He often used weather to help His people in times of warfare and even keeps His own armory for just such occasions ..read more