Canaan Conquest

Ham’s Sin Against Noah & the Curse of Canaan (Genesis 9:18–29) | Chad Bird

Kirk E. Miller

Immediately after the flood, Noah gets drunk, and Ham sins against him by “seeing” his “nakedness.” Noah responds by cursing Ham’s son, Canaan. But what exactly did Ham do against Noah, and why does Noah curse his son instead of Ham himself?

Additionally, this passage was infamously used to justify racism against and the enslavement of black Africans. Appeal was made to the so-called “curse of Ham.”

So how should we understand this passage? Dr. Chad Bird joins me on What in the Word? to discuss.

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An Insufficient Conquest: Prelude to Apostasy (Judges 1:1-2:5)

Kirk E. Miller

This sermon is part of an expositional sermon series working through the book of Judges. The book of Judges confronts us with the seemingly unbreakable cycle of human rebellion. Like Israel, we too “do right in our own sight” (a repeated theme throughout the book). Our desperate need then is for a righteous deliverer and king: Jesus Messiah.

An Insufficient Conquest: Prelude to Apostasy (Judges 1:1-2:5)
CrossWay Community Church
February 6th, 2022

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