{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Baptist Arlington Sermons","title":"What Happened? - September 14, 2025","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2420,"description":"Dennis R. Wiles  \nFirst Baptist Arlington \nSeptember 14, 2025 \nFlourishing Together \nFirst Baptist Arlington \n2025 – 2030 \n \n2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (Gospel Guide: Matthew) \n \nFALL 2025: It is Not Good . . . to be Alone \nSeptember 7 – November 1, 2025 \n \nThe LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone.” \nGenesis 2:18 \n \nWhat Happened? \nGenesis 3 \n \nTheme for 2025: Flourishing Together: Rooted in Christ \n \nTheme for Fall 2025: It is Not Good to be Alone \n \nHUMAN FLOURISHING: One of the domains currently being researched in the Global Flourishing Study is Close Social Relationships \n \nFlourishing Measure Questions \nI am content with my friendships and relationships. \n \nMy relationships are as satisfying as I would want them to be. \n \nPARADISE LOST: In Genesis 3, we read the account of how humanity’s fundamental relationship—our relationship with God—was damaged. \n \nIn Israel, while there was undoubtedly a recognition of the inherent nature of sin, the biggest problem of the Fall was not concentrated in the change in human nature or the heart condition but in the loss of access to the presence of God and the reduced ability to participate in the blessing. \n-John H. Walton, NIV Application Commentary: Genesis \n \nPARADISE LOST: Genesis 3 provides the narrative that undergirds the Christian theological view regarding the pervasive effects of sin on all of humanity. \n \nThree kinds of disorder, covering the greater part of human suffering, make their germinal appearance in this chapter . . . In personal relations . . . In the spiritual realm . . . and on the physical plane . . . This multiple disarray is, from one aspect, his punishment, pronounced by God; from another, it is the plain outcome of his anarchy. Leaderless, the choir of creation can only grind on in discord. \n-Derek Kidner, Genesis \n \nPARADISE LOST: Genesis 3 recounts how sin leads to shame. \n \nPARADISE LOST: Genesis 3 recounts how sin leads to blame. \n ...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UAbjbO_BQA3R5XEsQj1SCg2lWzYdffFGQbPeYIvJPQ8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0Mjg4LzE2NjM1/OTk5NzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}