This page contains all resources for our First Things Bible study. Along with the week-by-week notes and audio files, you can download the complete printed notes in one file. Note that the weekly class Handouts are included in both the individual session notes and the complete file containing all the session notes.
(3/12/2025) Please Note: The one-file, complete notes for this study will be available soon, and will be posted on this page.
First Things is a comprehensive study of the first eleven chapters of God’s word—specifically, Genesis 1:1 to 11:9, from (and before) Creation to the consequences of the tower of Babel.
| Session (Most session notes include a class handout.) | PDF Notes | Audio (Live) | Audio (Studio) | |
| Session Sixty-three: A Confused Conclusion (Final) (Genesis 11:1-9) |  |  | ||
| Session Sixty-two: Getting Things in Order (Genesis 11:1-9) | | | ||
| Session Sixty-one: Diaspora, part three (Genesis 10:6-20; 11:10-32) | | | ||
| Session Sixty: Diaspora, part two (Genesis 10:6-20) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-nine: Diaspora, part one (Genesis 10:1-5) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-eight: Bad Behavior, part two (Genesis 9:18-29) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-seven: Bad Behavior, part one (Genesis 9:18-29) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-six: Things Change, part two (Genesis 9:8-17) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-five: Things Change (Genesis 9:1-7, 8-17) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-four: Release, Dispersion, and Sacrifice (Genesis 8:15-22) | | | ||
| Special for Christmas 2024: The Beginning of Forever | | | ||
| Session Fifty-three: The Earth Dries Out (Genesis 8:4-14) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-two: God Remembers Noah (Genesis 7:23-8:3) | | | ||
| Session Fifty-one: The Extent and Power of the Flood, part two (Genesis 7:13-22) | | | ||
| Session Fifty: The Extent and Power of the Flood, part one (Genesis 7:13-22) | | | ||
| Session Forty-nine: It Begins, part two (Genesis 7:6-12) | | | ||
| Session Forty-eight: It Begins, part one (Genesis 7:6-12) | | | ||
| Session Forty-seven: A Week from the End (Genesis 7:1-5) | | | ||
| Session Forty-six: Commands and Obedience (Genesis 6:17-22) | | | ||
| Session Forty-five: A Preserving Shoebox (Genesis 6:13-16) | | | ||
| Session Forty-four: Corruption! (Genesis 6:9-13) | | | ||
| Session Forty-three: A Hard Grace (Genesis 6:5-10) | | | ||
| Session Forty-two: The Flood: An Overview (Genesis 6:5 to 9:17) | | | ||
| Session Forty-one: Mixing What Shouldn’t Be Mixed, part two (Genesis 6:1-4) | | | ||
| Session Forty: The Righteous Line Begins, part two / Mixing What Shouldn’t Be Mixed, part one (Genesis 5:28-32) | | | ||
| Session Thirty-nine: The Righteous Line Begins, part one (Genesis 5:3-27) | | | ||
| Session Thirty-eight: A New Direction (Genesis 4:25-5:2) | | | ||
| Session Thirty-seven: An Unholy Family (Genesis 4:17-24) | | | | |
| Session Thirty-six: The Wailing Voice of Innocent Blood, part two (Genesis 4:9-16) | | | | |
| Session Thirty-five: The Wailing Voice of Innocent Blood, part one (Genesis 4:9-16) | | | | |
| Session Thirty-four: An Unrepentant Anger (Genesis 4:6-8) | | | ||
| Session Thirty-three: Two Brothers, Two Offerings (Genesis 4:1-5) | | | | |
| Session Thirty-two: An Altered Existence, part two (Genesis 3:22-24) | | | | |
| Session Thirty-one: An Altered Existence, part one (Genesis 3:20-22) | | | | |
| Session Thirty: Judgment (part four) (Genesis 3:17-19) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-nine: Judgment (part three) (Genesis 3:16) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-eight: Judgment (part two) (Genesis 3:15) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-seven: Judgment (part one) (Genesis 3:14-19) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-six: Excuses (Genesis 3:9-13) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-five: Fear (Genesis 3:7-10) | | | ||
| Session Twenty-four: And Then, Shame (Genesis 3:6-7) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-three: The First Temptation (part three) (Genesis 3:1-6) | | | | |
| Session Twenty-two: The First Temptation (part two) (Genesis 3:1-5) | | | ||
| Session Twenty-one: The First Temptation (part one) (Genesis 2:25-3:5) | | | | |
| Session Twenty: A Marriage Made in Heaven (Genesis 2:21-25) | | | | |
| Session Nineteen: A Comparable Mate (Genesis 2:18-20) | | | | |
| Session Eighteen: Life or Death (Genesis 2:15-17) | | | ||
| Session Seventeen: God Plants a Garden (Genesis 2:8-14) | | | | |
| Session Sixteen: A Special Creation (Genesis 2:7) | | | ||
| Session Fifteen: The First “Generation” (Genesis 2:4-7) | | | ||
| Session Fourteen: The Final Day of Creation (part three) (Genesis 1:28 to 2:3) | | | | |
| Session Thirteen: The Final Day of Creation (part two) (Genesis 1:24-31) | | | | |
| Special Devotional for Christmas | | | ||
| Session Twelve: The Final Day of Creation (part one) (Genesis 1:24-31) | | | | |
| Session Eleven: The First Creatures (Genesis 1:20-23) | | | | |
| Session Ten: The Creation of Time (Genesis 1:14-19) | | | | |
| Session Nine: Day Three: First Life (Genesis 1:9-13) | | | | |
| Session Eight: The First Heaven (Genesis 1:6-8) | | | | |
| Session Seven: What a Difference a Day Makes (Genesis 1:5ff) | | | | |
| Session Six: Let There be Light! (Genesis 1:3-5) | | | | |
| Session Five: A Black Emptiness (Genesis 1:2) | | | | |
| Session Four: In the Beginning… (Genesis 1:1) | | | | |
| Session Three: Why Creation? (part two) | | | ||
| Session Two: Why Creation? (part one) | | | | |
| Session one: Before Everything | | | |