A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 16. In Genesis 16, Sarai decided to give her Egyptian servant, Hagar, to Abraham to bear him children. After Hagar conceived, Sarai treated her harshly, which resulted in her running away from Abram’s house. An angel of the Lord appeared to Hagar by a spring of water and told her to return to Sarah. God promised her she would have a son and she was to name him Ishmael.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 15. In Genesis 15, God appeared to Abram in a vision and told him he would have so many children they would be like the stars in the heavens. God promised to give Abraham’s descendants the land of Canaan.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 14. In Genesis 14, 9 kings went to war and Lot, Abram’s nephew, was taken captive when the king of Sodom suffered a defeat. Abraham gathered 318 trained men from his household and defeated Lot’s captors to return him home safely. At the end of the chapter, Abram meets Melchizedek and is blessed by him.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 13. In Genesis 13, Abram, Sarai, and Lot move from Egypt back to Canaan. At the end of the chapter, God reaffirms His covenant with Abraham.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 12. Genesis 12 tells the story of God’s promise to Abraham to make him a great nation and Abram and Sarai’s journey from Haran, to Canaan, and down to Egypt.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 11. Genesis 11 tells the story of the Tower of Babel and God diversifying the languages of the earth. The second part of the chapter records the genealogy of Shem to Abraham.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 10. Genesis 10 is a genealogy (family tree) of the descendants of Noah and his three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 9. In Genesis 9, God made a covenant with Noah that He would not flood the entire earth again. He made the rainbow the sign of His covenant. At the end of the chapter, Noah got drunk and his son Ham dishonored him. Noah cursed Ham’s son Canaan.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 8. In Genesis 8, God caused the waters of the flood to subside. Noah sent a raven and a dove out of the ark before him, his family, and all the animals exited safely on to the new dry earth.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 7. In Genesis 7, Noah and his family entered the ark and God flooded the entire world. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights and all living things that lived on the dry land were killed.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 6. In Genesis 6 we are told that almost everyone on earth was wicked and violent. God was so angry that He decided to destroy the earth with a flood. Only Noah, a righteous man, and his family would be saved by building an ark of gopher wood.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 5. Genesis 5 records the genealogy (family tree) of Seth, Adam and Eve’s son. The chapter covers the period of time from the creation of the world to the flood of Noah’s day.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 4, In Genesis 4, Cain killed his brother Abel and was exiled as a fugitive to wander the earth.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 3, In Genesis 3, the serpent tempted Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. After Eve and Adam both ate the forbidden fruit, God removed them from the Garden of Eden.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 2, In Genesis 2, we are told God rested on the 7th day after creating the world. The chapter also recounted the creation of man and woman in more detail than chapter 1. Adam was created from the dust of the ground and Eve was created from one of Adam’s ribs.

A 5 minute Bible study through Genesis 1. Genesis chapter 1 contains the story of how God created the world in 6 days. He created light, earth, seas, plants, fish, livestock, planets, stars, and man in His image.

David is a very important character in God’s story. He is most famous for killing a Philistine giant, Goliath, with a sling and a stone. He was the second king of Israel after Saul. He was the author of many Psalms and is quoted by Jesus and the New Testament authors.

As Paul sailed for Rome as a prisoner in Acts 27, the voyage became dangerous. A tempestuous wind struck down and caused a bumpy ride for the passengers. The situation felt so hopeless that scripture say, "all hope of being saved was abandoned." I am sure many of us can some what relate to this story metaphorically. Ever been in a storm of life that felt so uncontrollable, you felt tossed and turned and bruised from one heartache to another?

One of the reasons large corporations, studios, and celebrities don’t think twice about vocally supporting immorality is because they know Christians will keep paying them.

The colonnade on the eastern side of the Temple complex was known as Solomon’s colonnade, porch, or portico. It likely bore Solomon’s name because it was built against the same eastern wall Solomon constructed as part of the original Temple project.