Pastor’s Blog (Page 35)

Cain and his sons and grandsons kept themselves busy with notable advances to civilization: city-building, animal husbandry, music, and metallurgy. But Cain’s brother Seth took a different tack. Genesis 4:25-26 paints asharp contrast between the two families. * When Cain had a son he built a city and named it after him. At Seth’s birth, however, his parents readily saw…

Need a little humor on this gloomy, rainy day? Did you hear about the family that got lost in a corn maze?  No kidding.  They became corn-fused. After they couldn’t find their way out of a maze of maize, Dad used his cell phone to dial 911.  “Help!  We’re stuck in a maze!”  Within 9 minutes of entering the maze, rescuers found dad, mom, and their two children.  No…

Adah 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 a small mound to recite his verse. And why not? He’s got twowives! His son…

It 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 actions into an art…

    …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 were forbidden.  What’s more, my friend’s parents discovered our disobedience! Later that afternoon,…

It 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 Satan was insinuating with, Did God really say…? And she…