Genesis: God's Creative Call

by Charles E. Hummel, Anne Hummel

Overview

Do you struggle to know and follow God's call for you in the world? In this twenty-six session LifeGuide® Bible Study on Genesis, tells us that even the giants of faith—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph—struggled to obey their Creator. But Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament, also reveals the amazing truth that the God who called a world and a nation into being also calls each of us to serve him. For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid biblical content and raised thought-provoking questions—making for a one-of-a-kind Bible study experience for individuals and groups. This series has more than 130 titles on Old and New Testament books, character studies, and topical studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780830830220
Publisher:	InterVarsity Press
Publication date:	01/26/2000
Series:	LifeGuide Bible Studies
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Before his passing in August 2004, Charles Hummel was formerly director of faculty ministries for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and president of Barrington College in Rhode Island. He was the author of fifteen books and Bible studies, including The Galileo Connection, Fire in the Fireplace, Genesis (in the LifeGuide Bible Study Series), and the bestselling booklet, Tyranny of the Urgent.

Hummel (1925-2008) had extensive experience leading Bible study groups and training Bible study leaders. With her husband, Charles, she coauthored many LifeGuide Bible studies and later worked with sepcial needs children at Elm Park Daycare Center in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Getting the Most Out of Genesis

Part 1: Creation Primeval History - Genesis 1—11
1. The Creation - Genesis 1:1—2:3
2. Adam Eve - Genesis 2:4-25
3. The First Sin - Genesis 3
4. Cain Abel - Genesis 4—5
5. The Flood - Genesis 6—7
6. The Rainbow - Genesis 8:1—9:17
7. The Tower of Babel - Genesis 9:18—11:32

Part 2: Abraham, Isaac Jacob—The Emergence of Israel
8. Abram's Call - Genesis 12—13
9. Conflict Covenant - Genesis 14—15
10. Ishmael Isaac - Genesis 16—17
11. Sodom Gomorrah - Genesis 18—19
12. Political Family Crises - Genesis 20—21
13. The Sacrifice of Isaac - Genesis 22—23
14. A Wife for Isaac - Genesis 24:1—25:11
15. Jacob Esau - Genesis 25:12—27:40
16. Jacob in Exile - Genesis 27:41—30:24
17. Jacob Versus Laban - Genesis 30:25—31:55
18. Jacob Meets Esau - Genesis 32—33
19. Jacob's Compromise Commitment - Genesis 34—36

Part 3: Joseph—The Migration to Egypt
20. Joseph His Brothers - Genesis 37—38
21. Slave Prisoner - Genesis 39—40
22. Joseph Governs Egypt - Genesis 41—42
23. Family Reconciliation - Genesis 43:1—45:15
24. Jacob in Egypt - Genesis 45:16—47:31
25. Jacob's Blessing - Genesis 48—49
26. Joseph's Final Years - Genesis 50

Leader's Notes