Chasing Aslan in the Real World
"...she took of it's fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate." This is one of the most flabbergasting sections of scripture for me. How in the world is Adam standing right there and not saying anything? How is he absolutely silent? Could he have... Continue Reading →
There is always a slight hesitancy to write these blog entries. Sometimes it keeps me away for a week or two because I am deeply aware that I am speaking about ancient, foundational things; the "Deep Magic" Aslan refers to in the "Chronicles of Narnia". This is not Sunday picnic conversation topics. Actually, maybe they... Continue Reading →
Beginning in verse 5, we begin the aside narrative regarding the creation of Adam and Eve. What was simply a passing reference in the first chapter we now get details about. I couldn’t help but wonder “Why?”. There is quite a bit of detail that the Bible leaves out throughout the entire book. Details about... Continue Reading →
Months later here we are chapter two of Genesis. I imagine that once we are out of Eden the narrative analysis will go a lot more smoothly and quickly, but there is so much packed here in these very few pages; so many gems that we overlook to get to the “good stuff”. ... Continue Reading →
In verse 28 we find God blessing the image of Himself that He had just created. As with the creatures of the sea and the birds of the air, God blesses them by giving them a command; "Be fruitful and multiply..." We find a great difference in how He continues that blessing beyond the shared... Continue Reading →
And now we come to the first contentious part of the Bible. Well, at least this is true in modern times. To be fair the idea of God literally creating the universe, literally creating each living thing with words from His mouth is fairly controversial. But the idea of God creating us as Male and... Continue Reading →
Dominion. I'm not sure that there is anything that I am more uncomfortable with in the Bible than the concepts of "dominion" and "authority". When they are in the hands of God, absolutely fine. When I am told that I have dominion and I have authority my first thought is, "Well, that's one heck of... Continue Reading →
Now we come to the creation of mankind or, as we have learned, the “making”, the hand crafted fashioning of mankind. All of our greatest, most foundational questions about our purpose and our existence are rooted in this moment. Who are we? Why were we created? What is our purpose? Why did He make... Continue Reading →
A little light housekeeping before we begin: After speaking to my Beloved and a few people whose opinion and wisdom I thoroughly trust, I’ll be focusing fairly exclusively on the Genesis Diaries for an unknown chunk of time. It has become clear that one of the most important things I can do with my time... Continue Reading →
It has taken me well over a month to get through six verses. Today I get through seventeen? Whoo-wee, that's some fast reading. As we go through the following days there is a bit of a pattern that if we are not careful can lead us into a bit of a sing-song mentality and our... Continue Reading →
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