Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”“You wi...  Read More

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”Genesis 3:8-9I’ve been following the English Premier League (football/soccer) team, Arsenal, for decades. I watched them through one of their most productive periods when t...  Read More

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed.Genesis 2:7-8What are humans worth? There are a few answers to this question. Boiled down to our base elements, the answer is $17.18 (US$ I think). Harvest o...  Read More

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”So God created mankind in his own image,    in the image of God he created them;    male and female he created them.Genesis 1:26-27Today, I want to consider the...  Read More

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”So God created mankind in his own image,    in the image of God he created them;    male and female he created them.Genesis 1:26-27Pronouns. Him/her/they/zim. I...  Read More

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him…..” But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the ...  Read More

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”Genesis 1:28In my early twenties I went through a period of unemployment. I felt purposeless and lost. Why do humans need purpose? Why do we crave it? Because we were made with purpose.H...  Read More

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”So God created mankind in his own image,in the image of God he created them;male and female he created them.Genesis 1:26-27I want you to imagine a primary schoo...  Read More

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.Genesis 1:20-21Have you ever seen the birds of paradise...  Read More

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.Genesis 1:1-4It was Lord Acton (British Politician) who said, “power tends t...  Read More

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.Genesis 1:1-4When we think about Genesis, so often, our mind turns to the que...  Read More

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.Genesis 1:1For the next two weeks we are going to spend some time in Genesis.For a number of years, I taught High School Scripture. One of the inevitable questions the kids would ask is, “who created God”? In this stunningly simple verse of the Bible, we receive the most complex of answers to that question. The answer of course is, no one. In ...  Read More