Promise Maker

Swiss Cove Christian Church · May 17, 2026

Cynicism feels like protection. If you keep your expectations low enough, no one can let you down. But in this message from Stories from the Beginning, Elliott makes a harder diagnosis: cynicism isn't a lack of trust — it's choosing to trust only yourself. And the problem with that? You're just as broken as everyone else.Drawing from Genesis 6–9, Elliott works through the story of Noah and the flood not as a children's story but as a window into who God actually is. From the grief of Genesis 6 — "I regret that I have made them" — to the covenant of Genesis 9, we see a God who looks at a world…