The best Christmases are the ones where there’s a plan behind it. And the very first Christmas when Jesus Christ was born was no exception. His birth was part of God’s plan for redemption. Our study of how Jesus is born in Matthew 1:18-25 helps us see how amazing God’s plan is and what it can mean for us.

Every one of us at one time or another have cried in protest to the way things are in the world. We wonder: Why is life like this? What’s wrong with people? Will it ever be different? The answers to these questions are found in Genesis 3:1-24 at the fall of mankind. Learning about the fall of mankind can help us understand the nature of sin, its effects and solution today.

Thanksgiving is God’s command and God’s will for us, but what is it? How can we cultivate heartfelt thankfulness? Join us as we study what God’s Word says about thanksgiving, for his glory and our good.

There comes a time when we all have to ask: What’s the meaning of life? Why are we here? There are many answers that man has given, but the Bible gives answers to these questions that really satisfy the heart and the mind–even in its very first pages. Our study in Genesis 2:4-25 will show us this as we learn about the creation of mankind. This passage will help us understand more of who we are and how to live in light of him.

When we throw parties and give gifts, we tend to save the best for last. That tendency actually reflects God’s work in creation. Each day built on the previous, and his final work of creation on the sixth day–before his rest on the seventh–was the creation of mankind. The time and way God created mankind shows he saved the best for last. Our study in Genesis 1:26-2:3 shows more of the goodness of God in the way he created man and it shows us how to live in light of his goodness.