Chasing Aslan in the Real World
In the depths of his suffering, guilt, and despair at being cut off from the land, his family, and the Lord, Cain grieves. He declares that he is now condemned to be a vagabond and a wander, and whomever finds him will try to kill him because of what he has done. There is... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
"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 →
"The Fall" is how nearly every Bible titles this section. It is a very apt description of the feeling that this passage produces in the reader. Everything is going well. Everything is ideal. Mankind stands with all they ever need, including an in-presence relationship with God, naked gardening, and soon to be attempting to perpetuate... Continue Reading →
It has been one year since I began this little commentary on the book of Genesis. I can hardly believe it. My intention had been to just cover the Eden narrative which ends with Cain and Abel, as far as I’m concerned. I’m starting to see, however, just how far the implications of these first... Continue Reading →
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