Chasing Aslan in the Real World
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 →
We have no way of knowing how long it was between God’s warning to Adam and the actual eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil by Eve and then Adam. Similarly, we have now way of knowing the length of time between God’s warning to Cain and the... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Recreation. Re-creation. Take time. These were the three words I heard while I was in a time of meditation with the Lord this morning. I had been directed, by someone very close to me, that I might want to go seek the LORD. Something was pushing them to push me, and I’m so very glad... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, one of my Big Brothers in the LORD stood here and gave a communion meditation. I can’t remember which, so please forgive me, but he said something that has stuck with me this entire Christmas season. He mentioned that the shadow of the cross is cast across the manger. As with... Continue Reading →
"...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 →
"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 →
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