Whose name are you living for? The people at Babel set out to make a name for themselves. They built a tower to reach the heavens, and God had to come down just to see it. Genesis 10 and 11 can look like a long list of hard-to-pronounce names, but they trace the line God was using to bring the one name that actually matters. "We're never going to experience true peace and satisfaction because that only comes when our lives are oriented around Jesus and he's at the center and we're living for him." This message walks through the Table of Nations, Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, the chosen line from Shem through Eber to Abraham, and why the name of Jesus is the one name worth living for. November 8, 2026 - Genesis 10:1-11:26 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #TowerOfBabel #Genesis11 #LivingForJesus #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv

Noah built the ark in great faith, and God made a covenant with him that still stands today. Then the very next scene finds him drunk in his tent. The bible doesn't clean up its heroes. Things were good, then they were not so good, and God was still working the whole time. "See, God doesn't write people out of the story because of their weakness and failure." This message walks through God's covenant with Noah, the sign of the rainbow, why every person matters as someone made in God's image, and what the Bible says weakness and failure in our own lives. November 1, 2026 - Genesis 8:20-9:29 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #NoahsCovenant #Genesis9 #GodUsesBrokenPeople #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv

Most of us know the short version: Noah built an ark, the flood came, Noah got out. But Genesis 7 and 8 say much more. Noah was counted righteous by faith, God rescued him through judgment, and Jesus pointed back to the days of Noah when He told us to be ready for His return. "So that means every generation should live with an expectancy, an urgency, a readiness, being about the Master's business." This message walks through the flood alongside 2 Peter 2 and Jesus' words in Matthew 24, and asks what it really looks like to be ready. October 25, 2026 - Genesis 7:6 - 8:19 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #NoahsArk #Genesis7 #BeReady #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv

Noah spent years building a boat bigger than a football field for a flood he had never seen, while everyone around him lived for evil. Genesis 6 and 7 show us what persevering faith looks like. They also raise a hard question: if Noah was "righteous and blameless," how could any of us ever measure up? "Not just where do you need perseverance, but where do you need some persevering faith?" This message walks through God's instructions for the ark and His first covenant, then points past Noah to Jesus, in whom we are made righteous, blameless and perfected by grace. The service also includes an update from Nick Bean of Fellowship of Christian Athletes on the ministry in northwest Wisconsin schools. October 18, 2026 - Genesis 6:9-7:5 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #NoahsArk #Genesis6 #PerseveringFaith #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv

Do you know a Christian who is always fighting with other believers? Genesis 5 and 6 hand us a long genealogy, the strange story of the "sons of God" and the Nephilim, and a lot of questions that sincere Christians answer differently. So how do we handle the parts of Scripture that aren't clear? Pastor Todd's says it clearly. "We want to major on the majors and minor on the minors." This message walks through the genealogy from Adam to Noah, Enoch who walked with God, the two main views of Genesis 6:1-4, and why unity and humility go a long way when Christians disagree on secondary issues. October 11, 2026 - Genesis 5:1-6:8 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #EnochWalkedWithGod #Nephilim #ChristianUnity #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv

Before sin ever entered the world, God's design was already good: the food, the garden, our work, and marriage itself. But you can have the form of something without the life. Genesis 2 shows God breathing life into Adam, and asks whether His life-giving breath is at work in us today. "Just as God breathed into Adam the breath of life, we need God to breathe into us the breath of new life in Christ, new resurrection life." This message walks through the creation of Adam and Eve in Genesis 2, God-breathed Scripture, the goodness of work, and God's design for marriage. September 13, 2026 - Genesis 2:4-25 Emmaus Church - Spring Valley, WI #AdamAndEve #Genesis2 #GodsDesignForMarriage #springvalleywi #emmauschurchsv