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Psalm 119: The Beauty of God’s Word is where we begin our year, because it’s the Bible’s longest meditation on what we need most: God speaking. In this episode we walk through Psalm 119’s A-to-Z celebration of Scripture and learn why blessing is found not in figuring life out on our own, but in walking by God’s Word (Ps. 119:1, 105). We hear the psalmist’s hunger and honesty: God’s Word is sweeter than honey and better than gold, yet the same Word also exposes our wandering hearts and drives us to pray, “Seek your servant” (Ps. 119:72, 103, 176). We talk about the two works of the Word: the law that convicts and humbles, and the gospel that gives life to dust-clinging souls (Ps. 119:25). And we see how Psalm 119 ultimately points to Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, who perfectly kept what we could not and now gives us life, light, and forgiveness. We end with a Gospel proclamation: in Christ, your sins are forgiven, your shame is covered, and you are welcomed home.

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In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, we walk through Genesis 1–3, the beginning of the whole story: a God who creates by His Word, a world that was “very good,” and then the moment everything fractures through sin. We explore what it means to be made in God’s image, why God’s boundary in the garden was a gift, and how the serpent still tempts us the same way today by attacking God’s Word and God’s goodness. We watch Adam and Eve reach for independence, trade trust for control, and immediately hide in shame, stitching fig leaves that cannot cover them. But we also hear the first Gospel promise in Scripture: the Seed of the woman will crush the serpent (Gen. 3:15), and God Himself will cover guilty sinners with what He provides (Gen. 3:21). We end with a Gospel proclamation: Jesus Christ has borne the curse, crushed the serpent, and in Him your sins are forgiven and your shame is covered.

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In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, we cover Genesis 4–7, where the fall turns into fallout and sin begins to spread like wildfire. We watch worship turn into self-righteousness, jealousy turn into murder, and guilt turn into defiance as Cain rejects God’s warning that “sin is crouching at the door” (Gen. 4:7). We trace the grim rhythm of Genesis 5, where death keeps marching through every generation, yet God gives signs that His promise is still alive. And we face the sobering diagnosis of Genesis 6: the human heart left to itself does not drift toward God, but toward evil (Gen. 6:5). Yet even as judgment approaches, grace breaks through: “Noah found favor with the LORD” (Gen. 6:8). God provides a refuge, brings Noah into it, and saves through the ark, preserving His promise and pointing us forward to Jesus Christ, the true refuge from judgment. We end with a Gospel proclamation: in Christ there is mercy, there is safety, and your sins are forgiven through faith in Him.

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In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, we cover Genesis 8–14, where the world starts over after the flood, yet the human heart is still the same. We watch God “remember” Noah and restore creation, making a covenant of mercy marked by the rainbow (Gen. 8:1; 9:8–17), even while sin resurfaces immediately in Noah’s own household (Gen. 9:20–25). We trace the spread of the nations and then the pride of Babel, where humanity tries to build security and significance without God, seeking to “make a name” for itself (Gen. 11:4). And right in the middle of that rebellion, God launches His rescue plan by calling Abram purely by grace, attaching world-sized promises to a man who cannot fulfill them on his own: “I will bless you… and all the peoples on earth will be blessed through you” (Gen. 12:1–3). We also meet Melchizedek, the mysterious priest-king who blesses Abram and foreshadows the greater Priest-King to come (Gen. 14:18–20). We end with a Gospel proclamation: Jesus Christ is the promised offspring who brings blessing to the nations, the true Priest and King who saves sinners not through tower-building, but through His finished work.

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In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, we cover Genesis 15–20, where God’s promise is tested, human schemes get exposed, and grace proves louder than failure. We walk through Genesis 15, where Abram is justified by faith and declared righteous because he believed God’s promise (Gen. 15:6), and where God cuts the covenant by passing through the pieces Himself, taking the burden of the promise on His own shoulders (Gen. 15:17). Then we watch what happens when waiting gets hard: Sarai and Abram “help God” through Hagar, and the fallout spreads through the family (Gen. 16:1–6), yet God still sees and shows mercy (Gen. 16:11). We see God rename Abram and Sarai, give the covenant sign, and restate the promise of Isaac with the question that hangs over everything: “Is anything impossible for the LORD?” (Gen. 17:5, 15–19; 18:14). We witness the severity of sin and the reality of judgment in Sodom, alongside God’s mercy in rescuing Lot (Gen. 19:15–16, 29). And we end with Abraham failing again, yet God protecting Sarah and guarding the promise anyway (Gen. 20:3–7). This episode is a masterclass in the difference between faith and scheming, and it closes with a Gospel proclamation: righteousness is received, not achieved, and in Jesus Christ your sins are forgiven and you are covered.

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In Genesis 21–24, everything feels like it’s moving at once: a miracle birth, a heartbreaking goodbye, a terrifying test, a funeral, and then a long, detailed chapter about finding a wife. But underneath all of it runs one steady theme: God keeps His promise even when life feels unstable.

In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, Blake walks through the pattern that keeps showing up in Scripture and in real life: God makes a promise, the promise gets tested, and God keeps it alive. From Isaac’s birth to Abraham’s altar, from Sarah’s death to God’s providence in providing a bride for Isaac, we’re reminded that God’s faithfulness does not depend on our stability, our control, or our strength.

Open your Bible to Genesis 21–24, and let’s listen for what God demands, and trust what He promises in Jesus.

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In Genesis 25–29, the story narrows from Abraham to the next generation, and it gets messy fast: births and blessings, hunger and bargaining, deception and fallout, a brother’s rage, and a long journey into exile. But running underneath all the dysfunction is a steady theme: God’s promise moves forward through imperfect people by sheer grace.

In this episode of Reading Through the Bible Together, Blake walks through the turning point from Isaac to Jacob and Esau, and the moment where Jacob finally realizes something bigger than his scheming, his striving, or his fear: God is present, God is faithful, and God is committed to His covenant. At Bethel, the LORD comes down with a promise Jacob did not earn and could not control.

Open your Bible to Genesis 25–29, and let’s hear God clearly, see what He demands, and trust what He promises in Jesus.

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