The following are the additional resources for “In the Beginning,” the first volume of The Gospel Project for Adults and Students’ 2018-2021 study cycle.

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Recommended Reading:

• Telling God’s Story by Preben Vang and Terry G. Carter
• The Drama of Scripture by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen
• From Eden to the New Jerusalem by T. Desmond Alexander
• From Creation to New Creation by Tim Chester
• God’s Big Picture by Vaughan Roberts
• According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible by Graeme Goldsworthy

Leader Training Videos

• Fall 2018 Leader Training for Adults
• Fall 2018 Leader Training for Students

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Unit 1: Creation and the Fall

Session 1: God’s Good World

• Video: “In the Beginning”

• Article: “A Theology of Creation in 12 Points”—Interview with D.A. Carson
• Devotional: “The Trinity and Creation”
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 2: God’s Good People

• Podcast: Word Matters: “Was Adam an Historical Person?”
• Video: “Imago Dei: The Image of God”
• Blog Post: “Is ‘Let Us’ in Genesis 1:26 a Reference to the Trinity? Tom Schreiner on Authorial Intent and Canonical Reading”
• Article: “The Image of God (1)—A Defining Destiny” by Michael Jensen
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 3: Sin and God’s Good News

• Sermon: David Platt: “4 Biblical Foundations and Their Cultural Implications (Genesis 1–3)”
• Article: “The Insanity of Sin” by Paul Tripp
• Article: “What Is Sin?”
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 4: Sin and God’s Grace

• Sermon: Spencer Jacobson: “Noah”
• Article: The Better Version of Noah’s Ark” by Brandon D. Smith
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 5: Sin and God’s Authority

• Sermon: Walter Strickland: “Our Identity in Christ”
• Blog Post: “What the Tower of Babel Can Teach Us about Our Desire for True Gospel Witness” by Peter Hong
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 6: Suffering and God’s Presence

• Podcast: Help Me Teach the Bible: “Christopher Ash on Job”
• Video: The Bible Project: “The Book of Job”
• Article: “The Book of Job” by R. C. Sproul
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

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Unit 2: God Establishes a Covenant People

Session 1: God Makes a Promise

• Sermon: Jobey McGinty: “The Gospel in the Gospel Call of Abraham”
• Blog Post: “The Gospel of Genesis 13” by Jared C. Wilson
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 2: God Foreshadows His Promise

• Sermon: Afshin Ziafat: “The Sacrificial Climb”
• Article: “Life’s Longest Journey – Genesis 22” by James T. Draper Jr.
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 3: God Provides for His Promise

• Sermon: Clint Pressley: “A Good God”
• Devotional: “Isaac Marries Rebekah”
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 4: God Renews His Promise

• Sermon: Kent Hughes: “Infamous Grace”
• Blog Post: “Biblical Theology – Part 5: God’s Covenant with Abraham” by Matt Capps
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

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Unit 3: God Grows His Covenant People (Genesis)

Session 1: God’s Mercy to a Deceiver

• Sermon: Crawford Loritts: “The Cost of Deception”
• Blog Post: “The Stolen Blessing” by Brian Dembowczyk
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 2: God’s Gift of Love

• Sermon: J. D. Greear: “The Search for One, True Love”
• Blog Post: “Fear of Not Measuring Up” by Trillia Newbell
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students

Session 3: God’s New Name for Jacob

• Podcast: H. B. Charles Jr.: “Learning to Lose”
• Blog Post: “The Complexity of Pain and the Plight of the Sojourn” by Matt LaMaster
• Interactive Teaching Tips for Adults
• Family Connection for Students