Thy Strong Word From Kfuo Radio

Some say it’s a rookie mistake to try and read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Why? The “begats.” There are plenty of places in the Bible where we get lists of genealogies, inventories, and other detailed records. It’s easy to get stuck in these places or skip over them. Genesis 5 is like those, but it is more than a record of who begat whom, it’s a slow drumbeat of mortality following the fall: “and he died… and he died…” The curse marches on. And yet, tucked in the middle of this graveyard of names is a flicker of something different. One man didn’t die. He walked with God and then he was not. What does that mean? Listen in as we uncover the gospel hidden in the genealogy and why this chapter still points us to Jesus.  The Rev. Dr. Keith Haney, Assistant to the President for Missions, Human Care, and Stewardship in the Iowa West District--LCMS, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Genesis 5.  Genesis isn’t just the start of the Bible; it’s the foundation of everything. Creation, sin, judgment,