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Thursday, October 13th, 2011Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold. ~ Genesis 4:23, 24 I picture Lamech swaggering a bit, sword in hand, as he ascends [...]
Taking the Blame
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011It was the woman You gave me who gave me the fruit…(Genesis 3:8) First he hid in the trees. Now he hides behind someone else’s actions. And Eve was quick to follow suit: ”It was the serpent. He deceived me…” Thanks to lots of practice down through the centuries, we’ve turned hiding behind someone else’s [...]
Pursued By God
Friday, June 17th, 2011…and the man & his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God.* I remember hiding from my dad once. I was a young child and had been invited over to a friend’s house for the afternoon. While I was there my friend and I did some things we clearly knew [...]
You Shall Not Surely Die!
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011It only took about 45 words for Satan to seduce the first couple. A question, a statement, and a brief explanation. You would think it would take much more than that to ruin human history. First, the question: Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? Eve missed what [...]
Knowing Good & Evil
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011“…you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” (Genesis 2:17) Some things we were not designed for. For example: * We were not made to function with detailed knowledge of the future. * We were not designed for death–that hideous aberration of God’s magnificent creation. And, apparently, we were not designed to [...]
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