Life Lessons with Dr. Steve Schell

11 Cain and Abel, Gen 4:1-15

The record of this brutal encounter between Cain and Abel contains some profound insights into the inner workings of compulsive sin. The event takes place as both brothers bring offerings to God and discover that He accepts the worship of one, but not the other. Jealousy quickly turns to rage and a murder is committed. The wonder of the passage is that we get to hear God's counsel to someone under severe temptation and observe His compassion for him even after that person sinned. In today's lesson, first we will focus on the importance of the human will, then we will discuss how to keep from sinning when we are under a severe mental assault by the devil.

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10 Recapturing Adam, Gen 3:17-24

We will talk about a difficult section of Scripture today in Genesis 3 about marriage as we see God pronounce the consequences of Adam's and Eve's actions after he and Eve sin in the garden. We will also talk about finding Jesus' will in marriage for Christians now that we have been redeemed. 

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09 Our Loving Judge, Gen 3:14-16

Many people think this section of the Bible shows God as a harsh judge who inflicts pain on women in childbirth as a punishment for Eve's actions. But nothing could be further from the truth. In just a few verses, God's heart of love in the midst of dealing with sin is revealed.

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08 Hiding, Lying and Blaming, Gen 3:13-18

Some people don't know what to do after they sin. And it is more important what a person does after they have sinned even than the sin itself. Yes, sin brings trouble into our lives, but how we handle our sin after it is done brings even more trouble. If we learn how to rightly respond to God after we sin, a lot of the damage can be mitigated and softened. So in this episode we will look at how to handle it rightly.

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07 The Heart of Temptation, Gen 2:16,17; 3:1-13

What takes place in our passage of Scripture for this episode is one of the most important events in all of human history. God's initial plan for the human race was ruined by their deliberate rebellion against Him. Because of this event, a rebellious force entered into every child descended from this couple, and this inclination to rebellion has resulted in an incomprehensible amount of suffering. By examining the sins of Eve and then Adam, we will recognize some remarkably familiar attitudes. The processes that led them to sin are the same processes that lead us to sin today. Hopefully, the value we will gain is that we will be less easily drawn Into these same attitudes when we're tempted in the future.

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06 Adam and Eve, Gen 2:18-25

This remarkable passage reveals that God ordained from the very first creation of humans that there would be an interdependence between men and women. I believe this is true, not only for those who are married, but for those who are not married as well. In order to create the first woman, God took something away from the first man, and the two parts would only be whole again when they worked together in harmony. As we examine these verses, we'll see how God expressed this truth and the profound way in which He views marriage. And of course, if we are to be fair, we must consider how all this applies to those who are single or divorced as well.

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05 The Seventh Day, Gen 2:1-3

So many Christians go through their lives feeling spiritually dry, without a sense of purpose, without divine guidance, drifting apart from family and friends and forgetting what it felt like to have God's Spirit carrying them through circumstances. These live daily with a quiet sense of despair and loneliness, but this is not how God intended us to live and from the very beginning He devised a plan to help us avoid this pattern. We learn from our text today that God planned to endue with power those who would set aside a day to rest and spend time with Him.

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04 Questions about Evil, Gen 2:9, 16, 17

In this sermon we take a look at certain questions that may come up when doing an honest read of the beginning of Genesis. For instance, why did God even add the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden? Why would God give us an option to obey Him or not obey Him? And why would there be a serpent in the garden? These kinds of questions go to the very heart and character of God. 

This sermon was given the weekend after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

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03 In His Image and Likeness Pt 2, Gen 1:26-28; 5:1-3

God has, in some degree, made us in His image and according to His likeness. There is no definite statement made in Scripture as to what this means, but we can infer some of the things it must mean from what the Bible tells us about mankind. First, being in God's image must include sharing the holiness of His character. Second must be the fact that man was not intended to die. Third, we are persons capable of having a person-to-person relationship with God. This is not to say that we are in any way divine. We are not. We are creatures made from the ground like the other animals (Ge 2:7,19), yet God gave us the capacity to converse with Him, love Him, worship Him, obey Him, etc. to such a degree that a human could be deemed a "friend of God." The fourth way in which humans share God's image and likeness is that we were intended to share in the process of extending God's authority over the other forms of life on this planet.

Listen to find out why God would make us like Him and what that tells us about how we are to treat others. 

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02 In His Image and Likeness, Pt 1, Gen 1:26-28, 5:1-3

God has, in some degree, made us in His image and according to His likeness. There is no definite statement made in Scripture as to what this means, but we can infer some of the things it must mean from what the Bible tells us about mankind. First, being in God's image must include sharing the holiness of His character. Second must be the fact that man was not intended to die. Third, we are persons capable of having a person-to-person relationship with God. This is not to say that we are in any way divine. We are not. We are creatures made from the ground like the other animals (Ge 2:7,19), yet God gave us the capacity to converse with Him, love Him, worship Him, obey Him, etc. to such a degree that a human could be deemed a "friend of God." The fourth way in which humans share God's image and likeness is that we were intended to share in the process of extending God's authority over the other forms of life on this planet.

Listen to find out why God would make us like Him and what that tells us about how we are to treat others. 

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