Adam North - April 29, 2026
"Extra" Genesis 24 Conversation
“Extra” from Christ Central Church Portsmouth is designed to go deeper into the Bible teaching when a preacher feels there is more to unpack than a Sunday sermon gives time for. Each episode creates space to explore questions, clarify difficult passages, and engage more fully with Scripture in community. Rooted in the conviction that the Bible is truth that transforms (see Gospel of John 6). This week's “Extra” helps listeners grow in understanding of practical and cultural questions that come out of Genesis 24. Covering topics like spiritual formation, relationships, and what it means to live as Christians “in the world but not of it” (Gospel of John 17; Epistle to the Romans 12). Listeners are invited to submit questions online or in person, making this a dialogue—not just a monologue—as the church seeks to grow together around the Word of God. https://christcentral.church/ask
From Series: "Genesis - God's people in God's plan"
The Bible has clear instructions in parts, but most of it is story. Stories of people messing up. Stories of people discovering God’s grace. Stories we can learn wisdom from. The middle bit of Genesis tells the story of three generations who discover what it means to be God’s people in God’s plan for his world. And they don’t always get it right. Their stories include: marriage problems, death and grief, parenting struggles, choosing a spouse, sexual immorality, deception, reproductive ethics, unjust employers, relationships that distort God’s design, the strength of friendship, birth, infertility, abuse, betrayal, forgiveness, aging, value of life from womb to tomb, loneliness, racism, politics, war, buying land, wealth management, and learning wisdom from all the ambiguity of ordinary life trying to trust God in a fallen world. We face many issues in life where we have to ask: What does it mean to be God’s people in this? What’s God’s plan for it?
