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Tag: Genesis 2

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  • Did God Know Adam Would Fall? Why Would He Let That Happen?

    Did God Know Adam Would Fall? Why Would He Let That Happen?

    Knowledge itself is a pretty interesting topic. Sometimes I wonder if it’s even possible to know anything at all. I’m part of a Facebook group in which people debate issues related to God’s existence, creation ex theos, and Darwinian evolution. In truth, there’s not much debating actually going on–just people posting pictures that don’t actually…

  • Men and Women: The Primary Distinction

    Men and Women: The Primary Distinction

    In Chapter 1, we established the equality between men and women. Without considering the doctrine of the Imago Dei (Image of God), equality is impossible in the world. While Genesis 1 presented no differences in the roles or places of men and women, Genesis 2 does. In Genesis 1, we read an overview of the…

  • The Shameless Woman

    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…

  • The Man in the Garden

    The Man in the Garden

    We previously finished walking through the week of creation. Moses took broad strokes and used inexact language in order to show that there is one God, no chaos, and that people were not created in order to give any god power or support through service like the Ancient Near East legends claimed. He is using…

  • Why should I not date?

              I want to take a moment and observe dating culture in the western world. Especially among younger people, worth is perceived in the context of relationships. People see themselves as having more worth when they are connected to either the right people or to more people. Dating the “right person” or dating anyone at…

  • 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…