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If there’s a sin gene – physical or spiritual – Paul ID’s the cure: “Who will save me from this sin that brings death to my body? I give thanks to God. He will do it through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 7:24-25 NIRV). A Visual Walk Through Genesis, …
I HAD JUST FIST-BUMPED the young lady behind the counter at the fly-fishing shop in the Ozarks. I did it a few weeks ago, when we checked in for an overnight stay in a room near the trout stream—me, my son, and a friend visiting from Germany: Hannes. …
“I HAVE JUST THROWN OUT YOUR BOOK.” That’s how the critic’s email started. I got it about a week ago, just before going on a short vacation. It’s a wonderfully engaging lead. The gent, I’ll call CM for his actual initials, got my attention …
Cherubim were combo creatures, as Ezekiel described them in his poetic prophecies: wings with four heads each (ox, human, lion, eagle). Scholars compare them to winged bulls that Assyrians crafted as statues to guard their palace gateways. A Visual …
MY CHURCH DOESN’T STINK. But I’m wondering if it should. It doesn’t have a smell at all, far as I can sniff. Concrete and steel don’t give off any scent within my range. Maybe Buddy the Dog would say otherwise, with a bark. …
I DON’T BELIEVE everything I’ve been taught about the Bible, God, or what it means to be a Christian. I’ve been taught wrong. I didn’t start correcting my thinking until seminary, which is when I had to study the Bible for myself. That’s when I …
Geneticists call her Mitocondrial Eve, the mother of humanity who lived 200,000 years ago. They say DNA studies trace humans back in time to a woman who probably lived in East Africa, south of Egypt. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 40.
MY FIRST GRANDCHILD is on the church calendar. He’s going to get baptized this month. He won’t be quite seven months old when the water splashes on his head—and when we all hope he doesn’t show the congregation how to hit the high notes. He might not …
Death came into the world after a talking snake convinced Eve to eat forbidden fruit. In a story from Iraq that is older than Moses, a snake robbed the hero, Gilgamesh, of immortality by doing the opposite. The snake ate the life-giving plant. A …
“GOD WAS SORRY that he made the human race in the first place” (Genesis 6:6 MSG). Really? Humans are such a disappointment that God says it was a mistake to create them? If Moses wrote this book as part 1 of the first five books in the Bible, as …
The Genesis writer never ID’d the devil as the talking snake that suckered Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. It took the last book in the Bible to make that leaping link. A Visual Walk Through Genesis, page 39.
ADAM AND EVE did more than just sin when they bit into that forbidden fruit. They poisoned themselves and all generations to come. That’s a theory Bible experts call original sin. Scholars may have done a fine job putting a name on this idea. But …
