For Adam and his wife the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them. Genesis 3:21 What was the very next thing that God did after telling Adam and Eve a savior would come and they were going to have pain and hard work? The very first death that the Read more…
And I will put hatred between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. Genesis 3:15 God didn’t make people wait thousands of years before sharing His plans with them. He started telling us things that matter Read more…
“So I tell you, don’t worry about the things you need to live—what you will eat, drink, or wear. Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or save food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. Don’t you know you are worth much more than they are? “And why Read more…
God doesn’t tell us not to sin because He’s mean. God loves us and knows how miserable we are when we choose sin. You probably already know what happens to friends when one lies about the other. So, God told us not to do it (Exodus 20:16). All of God’s Read more…
A “guest post” by Bodie Hodge as shared on Creation Conversations I had the opportunity to speak to some students, where many in the audience were rather “hostile” to the Bible and God. One student blurted out in a rather harsh tone: “Where did God come from? Who created God?” Read more…
Jesus said, And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These -are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God’s creation: Revelation 3:14 Amplified Bible And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: Read more…
At harvest time, Cain brought a gift to the LORD. He brought some of the food that he grew from the ground, but Abel brought some animals from his flock. He chose some of his best sheep and brought the best parts from them. The LORD accepted Abel and his Read more…
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And Read more…
Back at Easter time, I wrote a series of posts on the connections between Creation, the Fall, the First Chapters of Genesis and Jesus’ work and suffering for us. Looking around the WordPress forums I learned that it wouldn’t be a smart thing to just repost them, so here are Read more…
I didn’t have a chance to write this up before the weekend, so this is a day late. But who cares, it’s still Easter in Germany (they make it a two-day holiday) and I’m going to keep celebrating the Risen Savior for the rest of eternity!!
This topic was a little harder to connect Jesus into Genesis, since Jesus was the first one ever to stay alive forever after death. God helped me remember a few things, so here goes!
Chapter 5 of Genesis is one of those chapters that is really hard to get through when you’re young and just want to hear stories, but right in the middle is a really interesting verse about Enoch, Adam’s 5x grandson.
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. Genesis 5:24
Just what is this verse telling us? We could be a little confused except that this happened again thousands of years later to Elijah: (more…)