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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
Continue reading...Let There Be an Expanse – Genesis 1:6-8
The Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture describes Earth’s water cycle as a process that re-circulates Earth’s water through the stages of evaporation,
Continue reading...There Was Evening and There Was Morning, the First Day – Genesis 1:5
Considerable controversy has developed over the meaning of “day” in Genesis 1. These meanings correspond to several different interpretations of the content of Genesis 1, and to the way Genesis
Continue reading...Let There Be Light – Genesis 1:3-5
Visible light is electromagnetic radiation, and can be analyzed as both waves and particles, a property unique, in physics, to light. The speed of light (186,282 miles per second) is one of the basic
Continue reading...Unproductive, Unpopulated, and Dark – Genesis 1:2
It is amazing to sit outside and experience all the sights and sounds of God’s creation, to notice the vast variety of vegetation and creatures, the flora and fauna as it is called. Our earth is
Continue reading...In the Beginning God – Genesis 1:1
Presuppositional apologetics is a mouthful, to be sure. “Presuppositional” means our most basic beliefs that we accept without defending them, or perhaps without being able to defend them.
Continue reading...In the Beginning – Genesis
In the near east during the time of Israel’s exodus from Egypt, there were numerous creation stories, with each nation’s national gods as the main characters. Babylon’s national god,
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