Christ Church Bentonville

A Love Story (Genesis 29)

This is a love story.  But it’s not so much the love story of Jacob and Rachel as it is the love story of God and His people.  This love story of Jacob and Rachel simply points us to the love story of Christ, the Better Jacob, and His Church.

God With You (Genesis 28:10-22)

God affirms His promises and thus His presence and covenant faithfulness with Jacob like He did with his father and grandfather before him.

A House Divided (Genesis 26:34-28:9)

Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and Jacob were all equally at fault, but God worked all things according to His will and for His purposes. (A sermon given by Associate Pastor Aaron Raines)

He Was His Father’s Son (Genesis 26:1-33)

It’s a true story about a man who was his father's son and made some similar choices, but who, like his father, was also graciously preserved and blessed by their covenant-making, covenant-keeping God.

Matters of Death and Life (Genesis 25)

Our identity as Christians is based solely on God’s creation and choosing (election) of us and who we are in Christ.

The Steadfast Love of the Lord (Genesis 24)

As Abraham’s spiritual offspring, Christians have been blessed in every way because we are recipients and benefactors of God’s covenantal faithfulness. 

Abraham Grieved with Hope (Genesis 22:20-23:20)

Death is not the end of the promises for those in Christ. 

The Lord Will Provide (Genesis 22:1-19)

We can be faithful and obey God’s Word because our God is a God who has made incredible promises to us and provides all we need in Christ.

Promise Fulfilled (Genesis 21)

The great anticipation of Isaac's birth and the joyous response it elicited foreshadowed the joyous response of those who greatly anticipated the arrival of another Son some 2000 years later. 

Besetting Sins (Genesis 20)

Abraham may be in the hall of faith, but his faith wavered. He was a man that fell short of the glory of God just like the rest of us.  

God Remembered Abraham (Genesis 19)

The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was an example of the judgment of a holy, righteous, and just God who never acts arbitrarily.  But the good news is, the same God is also merciful and will faithfully forgive any and every sin, no matter how small or great the sin might be, of those who repent and turn in faith to Christ.  
 
 

Friendship with the Lord (Genesis 18)

Friends of the Lord dine with the Lord, are disciplined by the Lord, and dialogue with the Lord.