First Week of Advent: Isaiah 64:1-9

Labor, Not Leisure

Our presumption of life in Eden is that it would be a life of perfect leisure, where one would have no responsibilities, no obligations, no duties to constrain your time or pleasure. We fail to recognize that God gave Adam good work to do in the garden - work which required a helper to accomplish. If we wonder why so many marriages fail, it is often because marriage is often portrayed as a luxury, or experience, or an expression of an emotion. In reality, it is an alliance in service of a mission far larger than either partner. Get full access to Foothills Reformed at foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe [https://foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Taking Dominion

The Christian account of the world’s creation is utterly unlike any of the other creation narratives in other cultures, and one of the key differences is that God creates mankind in his own image. As such, we are called to take up and carry on the work he has begun, both to steward and to order what the Lord has created. As such, we should give great care to the way we govern and order not only our spiritual lives and works, but also the physical, earthly tasks given to us in our families, homes, and communities. Get full access to Foothills Reformed at foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe [https://foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Reading Creation Honestly

Genesis 1 is a pivotal text for every biblical issue, but we have great difficulty reading the text honestly. Today, we go through some of the details of the text and how it pointedly rebukes many of the modern attempts to get around the simple, plain reading of how the Lord created the world. Get full access to Foothills Reformed at foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe [https://foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Second Week of Advent: Luke 3:1-6

John the Baptist was the forerunner of Christ, and his message was one of repentance. Many folks today see how necessary the Christian moral order is to the USA, but it is not enough to want the moral order. You don’t get the biblical moral order without Christ, and you can’t have Christ without repentance. Get full access to Foothills Reformed at foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe [https://foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

First Week of Advent: Isaiah 64:1-9

The people of God looked forward to the coming of the Christ since the beginning, and now, we come to celebrate the fact that those prophecies came to pass with the birth of Christ. Even now, we should look forward to his second coming as our ultimate hope in this world. Get full access to Foothills Reformed at foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe [https://foothillsreformed.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]