Chasing Aslan in the Real World
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 →
At first glance, the rest of the creation narrative seems very straightforward. God said this. It was done just as He said. It was good. Morning. Evening. The next day. Simple, right? Is there any part of the Bible that gets more skimmed over? Okay. There is Numbers and the "begats", but the end of... Continue Reading →
Today I'm going to delve into the actual scripture here, rather than a personal story like last time, because there are some excellent things to point out about elements here that I once just blew past. For ages I considered my flannelgraph Sunday school explanation as sufficient. "God made all the stuff, and He made... Continue Reading →
From Genesis 1:3 onward we are clearly now in the territory of God’s active creation of the physical world that we can see, hear, taste, touch, and smell all around us. One of the fascinating claims the Bible makes about all of creation is that it stands as a witness to certain things about the God... Continue Reading →
Before I get into the meat of this article I want to explain that I am by no means a biblical scholar, at least in the traditional sense. I am a guy who reads the Bible, pays attention, makes connections, believes the God behind this book is real, and does his best to understand it. ... Continue Reading →
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