In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of Noah and the flood in the book of Genesis.

Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more.

Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day.

SHOW NOTES

Main Passage: From Genesis 6:1-9:17

Side Passages: Hebrews 11:7

DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

How have you heard this story told and explained before? Does that sync up with the story as you now understand it?

Why do you think people sometimes view God’s justice from a negative point of view?

How do you make sense of God’s complete justice and gracious mercy working together?

The Bible consistently says that no human (except Jesus, who is also God) is totally blameless or perfect, even Noah. Why do you think God chose to save him and his family?

What do you learn about God from this story? How does impact how you will seek and follow him?

⁠Check out this video from BibleProject about the big message of Genesis 1-11⁠.

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REFERENCES

For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following:

The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H.
Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010)

The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic,
2004, 2014)

The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP
Academic, 2008)

How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005)

How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009)

The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP
Academic)

Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11
(C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018)

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