6 Weekly Sessions (90-minutes each)
Fridays, March 7, 2025 – April 11, 2025
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CT
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT
$299
Michael Morales will introduce lay people, students, teachers, and pastors to the structure, major themes, and theology of the Book of Genesis. Taking a literary approach, participants will learn how the narratives of Genesis employ key words, word-play, literary structure, and other rhetorical devices to lead readers into layers of meaning, an approach that will shape the way one reads the rest of the Bible—the Torah, Historical Books, and Gospels.
This course will set Genesis within the literary context of the Torah, and interpret its content in relation to its original function in the life of Israel. We will explore Genesis as the foundation for God’s Mission—especially through Israel’s vocation—among the nations. The creation account of Genesis 1 forms a prologue to the book, as well as to the Torah and the rest of the Bible, manifesting God’s goal of living with his people in a sanctuary-like cosmos of righteousness and justice. Genesis 2-11 then provides the context for Israel’s mission, narrating the plight of the nations in spiritual exile from God. Finally, each of the Patriarchal narratives in Genesis 12-50 fills in a key piece of Israel’s calling to be a light to the nations, foreshadowing the Sinai covenant.
We will trace major themes into the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures and demonstrate how the authors of the New Testament understood the Son’s advent as the dawning of Messiah’s reign anticipated since the opening book of the Scriptures.
Those who sign up for this cohort will receive a free copy of (note: those outside the USA will receive this title as eBooks):
Gary Schnittjer, Torah Story (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2023)
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Carson Center cohorts
* Registration closes on February 27, 2025 at 11:55pm ET
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you.
If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email benjamin.gladd@thegospelcoalition.org.
This lesson will offer a brief introduction to Genesis. By looking at the flow and terminology of Genesis 1:1-2:3, we will unpack Scripture’s theology of creation and how it forms the goal of redemptive history.
We will make a theological analysis of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and see what was at stake in taking the fruit. We will learn the main lesson of the Cain and Abel story.
We will compare the rebellion of the tower-builders with that of Cain. We will also examine how this story functions as the major theological context for the call of Abram, the mission of Israel’s, and Messiah’s redemption.
We will look at the literary structure of Genesis 12-22, along with the major themes of Abraham’s life. We will examine Genesis 12 and 22 closely, and see how Abraham’s story fits within the context of Genesis 1-11, and how it would have functioned in the life of Israel, instructing the nation about its purpose. We will discuss how the major theme of Abraham’s literary life informs our understanding of the message of the New Testament.
We will provide a close reading of the Jacob story, uncovering its major themes. We will also discuss how this section of Genesis would have instructed Israel about the nation’s vocation, and how its main lesson relates to God’s grace.
We will provide a close reading of Genesis 37-50, highlighting the parallel stories of both Joseph and Judah. We will also examine the theology and purpose/function of this story, as the culminating lesson for Israel’s vocation, and how it anticipates Messiah’s advent(s).
Michael Morales will introduce lay people, students, teachers, and pastors to the structure, major themes, and theology of the Book of Genesis. Taking a literary approach, participants will learn how the narratives of Genesis employ key words, word-play, literary structure, and other rhetorical devices to lead readers into layers of meaning, an approach that will shape the way one reads the rest of the Bible—the Torah, Historical Books, and Gospels.
This course will set Genesis within the literary context of the Torah, and interpret its content in relation to its original function in the life of Israel. We will explore Genesis as the foundation for God’s Mission—especially through Israel’s vocation—among the nations. The creation account of Genesis 1 forms a prologue to the book, as well as to the Torah and the rest of the Bible, manifesting God’s goal of living with his people in a sanctuary-like cosmos of righteousness and justice. Genesis 2-11 then provides the context for Israel’s mission, narrating the plight of the nations in spiritual exile from God. Finally, each of the Patriarchal narratives in Genesis 12-50 fills in a key piece of Israel’s calling to be a light to the nations, foreshadowing the Sinai covenant.
We will trace major themes into the rest of the Hebrew Scriptures and demonstrate how the authors of the New Testament understood the Son’s advent as the dawning of Messiah’s reign anticipated since the opening book of the Scriptures.
Those who sign up for this cohort will receive a free copy of (note: those outside the USA will receive this title as eBooks):
Gary Schnittjer, Torah Story (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2023)
* We are unable to offer refunds for The Carson Center cohorts
* Registration closes on February 27, 2025 at 11:55pm ET
* All sessions will be recorded and available for streaming or download at your leisure in perpetuity and so if you can’t make it live or even for months the material is still readily available for you.
If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, elder/preaching team rates, or church rates email benjamin.gladd@thegospelcoalition.org.
This lesson will offer a brief introduction to Genesis. By looking at the flow and terminology of Genesis 1:1-2:3, we will unpack Scripture’s theology of creation and how it forms the goal of redemptive history.
We will make a theological analysis of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and see what was at stake in taking the fruit. We will learn the main lesson of the Cain and Abel story.
We will compare the rebellion of the tower-builders with that of Cain. We will also examine how this story functions as the major theological context for the call of Abram, the mission of Israel’s, and Messiah’s redemption.
We will look at the literary structure of Genesis 12-22, along with the major themes of Abraham’s life. We will examine Genesis 12 and 22 closely, and see how Abraham’s story fits within the context of Genesis 1-11, and how it would have functioned in the life of Israel, instructing the nation about its purpose. We will discuss how the major theme of Abraham’s literary life informs our understanding of the message of the New Testament.
We will provide a close reading of the Jacob story, uncovering its major themes. We will also discuss how this section of Genesis would have instructed Israel about the nation’s vocation, and how its main lesson relates to God’s grace.
We will provide a close reading of Genesis 37-50, highlighting the parallel stories of both Joseph and Judah. We will also examine the theology and purpose/function of this story, as the culminating lesson for Israel’s vocation, and how it anticipates Messiah’s advent(s).
6 Weekly Sessions (90-minutes each)
Fridays, March 7, 2025 – April 11, 2025
3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CT
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. PT
$299