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To the Woman – Genesis 3:16
Childbirth has moved from a community, women-only in the home experience, to a hospital, doctors and nurses only medicated experience, to a hospital with dads invited experience, to a multi-option (hospital,
Continue reading...The Seed of the Woman – Genesis 3:14,15
Yahweh Elohim has questioned Adam about his sin, then questioned Eve, but He does not question the serpent. Instead, He curses the serpent. Serpents, or snakes, have historically been symbols of evil,
Continue reading...Did You Eat? – Genesis 3:8-13
The vulnerability that leads to intimacy in relationships is fraught with danger. If I really share myself with you, will you use it against me. If I let you see my not-so-attractive aspects, will
Continue reading...They Took of Its Fruit – Genesis 3:1-7
Dan Allender suggests that all marriages may be graphed on a four-quadrant scale, with domineering or passive points on the quadrants for men and women. Two passive members might exhibit, for example,
Continue reading...It Is Not Good – Genesis 2:18-25
Saturday Night Live did a spoof on the Japanese reality show about toddlers being old enough to accomplish errands on their own, filming instead long-term boyfriends who are trying to carry out errands
Continue reading...Knowledge of Good and Evil – Genesis 2:15-17
A friend of mine retired from dentistry some years ago and he and his wife traveled a lot. But they came to the place where they realized they weren’t happy. They were not doing anything purposeful
Continue reading...Rivers of Blessing – Genesis 2:10-14
Genesis 2 is a zoomed-in look at the sixth day of creation, focused on man and woman’s creation. But right at the outset Moses includes a brief discussion of the rivers that flowed of Eden, and
Continue reading...A Garden in Eden – Genesis 2:4-9
British gardener Tim Ingram writes about the purpose of gardens and compares what his purpose has been to that of a fellow gardener in Wales: “She views a garden as a work of art worthy of the same
Continue reading...Finished – Genesis 2:1-3
Being made in the image of God means that mankind is considered a son of God and a servant-ruler over the earth. We bear the same characteristics as God, in limited fashion, of course, and that makes
Continue reading...Have Dominion – Genesis 1:28-31
Were Adam and Eve, and what we today call the carnivorous animals, all vegetarians before sin entered the garden? We’re told that God gave as food all the green plants and fruit to humans and animals.
Continue reading...Humans – Genesis 1:26-27
Do we just want to congratulate ourselves when we place ourselves above the animals? Maybe, though we place ourselves readily beneath the angels. God made the animals to be wonderful creatures, but
Continue reading...Land Creatures – Genesis 1:24,25
Earth and World has come up with what they consider the top ten land animals in the world. It is a mystery as to what the standards were for making their choices, but one choice that stands out is the
Continue reading...Sea and Sky Creatures – Genesis 1:20-23
In terms of deep-water only creatures, there are an estimated 10,537 genera (plural for genus, a scientific category above species, so there are many more species of deep-water creatures). There are
Continue reading...Let There Be Lights – Genesis 1:14-19
Genesis puts the making of the sun and moon on day four, but light shines on day one. Young earth creationists (see, for example, AnswersinGenesis.org) say the light on day one was a fixed light but
Continue reading...Let the Dry Land Appear – Genesis 1:9-10
Water covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface. 97% of that water is salt water, found in the seas and oceans of Earth. The other 3% is fresh water, water with less than 1% salt, and only a third
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