Tag: Bible

Genesis Diaries: 4:10-15

Sometimes we look at the Bible and see something that isn’t there.  Our brains are information gathering and pattern recognizing machines par excellence.  I say that at the outset here because I’ve noticed something in the narrative with Cain and God’s punishment of him and I’m not sure if it means anything at all.  What... Continue Reading →

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Genesis Diaries 4:9-10

The murder done and the body presumably in the ground, Cain walks away. I’ve often childishly imagined Cain as sociopath.  In my mind he clubbed Abel over the head, and buried him with out a regret, without grief.  He was evil and sin incarnate in my little head as I watched a rage faced paper... Continue Reading →

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Genesis Diaries 4:2-7

As is usual in the narrative of Genesis, decades and sometimes centuries pass from one sentence to the next.  Here in verse two we learn what becomes of Cain and Abel as they mature and grow into their occupations.  Abel becomes a shepherd.  Cain chooses to continue in the occupation given man in the garden... Continue Reading →

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Genesis Diaries: 4:1

And so, the LORD God drives out the man and installs a pair of Cherubim with flaming swords that turned every which-way to guard the way to the Tree of Life. I’ve been chuckling a little to myself all morning as I’ve imagined this scene given the popular conception of cherubim/cherubs.  The image of two... Continue Reading →

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That Darn Tree

When I was a child, I was taught that the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was a bad thing. How could it be otherwise? God told us that just touching it meant death. The Tree was a test of whether or not Adam and Eve really loved God and would trust Him... Continue Reading →

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Genesis Diaries 3:8-13

"And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden." So the pattern that would plague, and continues to plague, all humanity begins. To me... Continue Reading →

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Genesis Diaries: 3:6-7

"...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 →

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Genesis Diaries: 2:18-25

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 →

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