Tag: Garden of Eden
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The Good Curse
Adam and his wife have sinned against God by responding wrongly to the temptation of the serpent. Adam could not atone for his wife’s sin. Instead, he joined her. Both Adam and his wife blamed their sin on the serpent. Today, we see Christ’s response. We remember that it is the preincarnate Christ talking to…
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The Shameless Woman
In the second account of creation, God has formed man and placed him in the garden of luxury. He has given the first man one command, not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The man is by himself in the garden. Today, we see the creation of the first…
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People: set apart to be the holy image of God
There is an old lawn mower sitting in my garage that is unusable. When the grass begins to grow this summer, I am going to need a mower and the one I do have needs to be fixed. A useless lawn mower does not serve much of a purpose. In fact, a paperweight has…
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On Insulting the Intelligence of Man…
From the roaring comments of those like Richard Dawkins and the Neo Atheists[1] to the great dissatisfaction we find in our pulpits, it seems as though in today’s society, the intellectual elite constantly insults the intelligence of his fellow man. While those like Dawkins find it necessary to attack maliciously the well thought out beliefs…
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Freedom
Everyone wants to be free If freedom is committing one’s self to some other thing Then every person on the face of the globe is in slavery Some to politics, some to religion Some to science and others to reason We bind ourselves in relationships and in worldviews Making…
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Marriage on the New Earth?
I have been married to my wonderful wife now for eight months and must say that the relationship is the second greatest experience that envelops my life (the first being the relationship I have with God). Here, though, is what bothers me concerning the marriage relationship: It is difficult, if not impossible, for me to…
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The Christian Outdoorsman
Recently (within the last two months) I have gained an interest in various outdoors activities, such as hunting, fishing and camping. As a result, I have become a gun enthusiast and a lover of the outdoors. Of course, all of these things have always interested me, just not explicitly and overwhelmingly until recently. The greatest…
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On the Fall of Man
Andrew Paul on Fall of Man << download Here are some of my thoughts on Genesis 3 Introduction The fall of man. Oh, what it would be like without the original sin of Adam and Eve. Is it even possible for us to imagine what the world would be like? The fact is, we as…
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On Adam and Eve
Click here to download On Adam and Eve Introduction Many today read the account of Adam and Eve, as they lived before the fall, as a second creation story. Either it fills in blanks or provides a different perspective on the events in the first chapter of Genesis. I find it particularly difficult to believe…