Psalm 19:1-4 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament (sky above) proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night declares knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; their voice is not heard; yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to…
Observing the way in which nature co-exist, the flow of life and death, seems to reveal a designed harmony. But what is not immediately observable is the tens of thousands of species that went extinct in order to produce the current order. And so the design we observe is not the usual way we would…
Evolution is a subject that evokes strong emotions for some, but no matter what your stand is, I trust you will find the next few sessions informative and exciting. Even those of you who are not really that interested in the topic of evolution, I think you will be pleasantly surprised about the theological possibilities…
Fall or Birth? Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked (3:7) Shortly before we read that they were both naked, but unashamed. Now they are naked and they know it. So a sense of lack-of-being, allows desire to be twisted. Instead of finding fulness of being in relationship…
Serpent Symbolism Genesis 3 begins by introducing us to the serpent: “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” Modern Christianity almost exclusively sees serpent symbolism as evil. Consequently, the serpent of Genesis 3 is identified as Satan without much further thought. However, the authors…
The Boundary of Meaning. The way we interpret the Genesis origin stories often begins with the question: What went wrong? Life is not always what we would like it to be, and God does not seem to intervene as much as we would like him to and neither does He bother to explain Himself. And…
Audio: I’m sure many of you are familiar with the concept of an original perfection. The story goes something like this: When God first created all that is, it was perfect, because God is perfect. There was no suffering, no pain, no disease and no death. God created a paradise in which mankind could…
Self Revolution Today, one of the meanings of the word revolution is a sudden or dramatic transformation, but that has not always been the case. When Copernicus used the word in his 1543 publication of ‘De revolutionibus orbium caelestium’ it had the simple astronomical meaning of circular movement – revolving. But his idea that the…
Fear has a natural advantage over trust. We are much more likely to give our attention and react to something dangerous than to something beautiful. It is the way we are wired. In fact you are here most probably because your forefathers were quick to fear. When our ancient ancestors walked through jungle paths, they…
While visiting a friend in Troy NY last year, he told us a delightful story of an unusual relationship that developed at a local restaurant. The restaurant employed two chefs. Neither of them had many friends because of their extreme cynicism, yet in meeting one another this cynicism became the very bond of their friendship….