Part 1, Part 2 Ten years ago, the average person had probably never heard the word "'genome," but Francis Collins was already...
Ten years ago, the average person had probably never heard the word "genome," but Francis Collins was already the director of the...
The story of the flood can seem strange to us for many reasons. Partly, we have a hard time comprehending the judgment of God. Knowing God through Jesus Christ, trusting in his grace...
Seth was born in the image of his father, Adam ("image" in Hebrew = demut; used also in Gen. 1:26). This statement in verse 3 comes just after verse 1 reiterates the fact that God created human...
In Genesis 3, we saw that one of the first results of sin was brokenness in the relationship between the man and the woman. Genesis 4 reveals that this brokenness is passed on to the next...
They say silence is golden. So why is it that silence is so hard for us? ...
The Garden of Eden was the original paradise, the place where God's perfect intentions for the world were fully realized. But human sin tarnished the perfection, breaking what God fashioned so...
Earlier in Genesis 3 we have seen a glimmer of God's mercy in his calling out to the man as he hid. Now God's mercy flows into tangible help for the first couple...
A few years ago, I faced cancer surgery and my level of anxiety was high. Two of my best friends flew across the country to be with me in the surgical waiting room...
Memories are fleeting things. They are notoriously inexact, and yet they ...
My mother loved birthdays. As a child, I felt wrapped in love by the flowers, the gifts selected with care, and my favorite meal. It's the "birthday questions" I remember most though. The person...
God made us so that we might work in his creation, tending it and being fruitful within it. In various ways, we continue to live out that purpose through our work. Yet because...
Throughout the ages, Christian commentators have seen in Genesis 3:15 the first hint of the Savior. There will be hostility between the serpent (an image of Satan) and the offspring of the woman ...
Here we see the first excuse. The man has been caught red-handed, having eaten the forbidden fruit. He does not try to lie to God. But he does avoid taking responsibility for his...
Do you remember your teachers? Do you remember thinking that they were ...
I remember playing hide and seek with my children when they were very young. Their hiding places were ineffective, to say the least. I could usually see or hear them right as I...
As soon as the man and woman sin by doing that which God has prohibited, they feel shame. The Hebrew literally reads: "they knew that they were naked." But this isn't simply a...
Temptation rarely comes in obvious, in-your-face ways. We're rarely tempted to do that which we know to be horribly wrong. Rather, temptation sneaks up on us and tries to catch us unaware. It asks,...
The word for competition in the New Testament is the Greek word athleo, from which we have the English word athletic. St...
I like to win. I hate to lose. When the Oakland A’s (my favorite baseball team) win, I feel giddy. When they get beat in the first round of the playoffs (as has...
