“In the Word Together” and the Foundations Series

A few weeks ago, I learned an important lesson about solid foundations. Amber and I have always wanted to landscape our backyard, so we decided that our first project would be a flowerbed, complete with a fountain. I’d seen fountains in gardens and assumed that it wouldn’t be too difficult. I was wrong. After three complete do-overs and many hours playing in muddy clothes, I leveled the foundation and got the fountain flowing properly.

Like our backyard fountain, a person’s worldview needs a solid and level foundation. Without it, things don’t seem to work quite right. We build our worldviews by answering four major questions. 1) Where do we come from? 2) Why are we here? 3) What’s wrong with the world? 4) What’s the solution? The Bible gives the answers to these existential questions in the opening eleven chapters. Yes, Genesis 1-11 provides the bedrock for the biblical worldview.

Over the next several weeks, I’m guiding the congregation of Morningside Baptist Church through a survey of these chapters. I use the word “survey,” because it will in no way be an exhaustive study. I’ve created the In the Word Together category to help fill in some gaps and help them study these chapters of God’s Word for themselves. Will you join us? Let’s get “in the Word Together?”