A good God makes a good world. Perhaps that should be the banner over Genesis chapter 1. There’s no regrets here. God doesn’t say “It’s not quite what I’d imagined. It was better in rehearsals. I’ve kept the receipts in case you want to exchange it.” No, Genesis 1:28 – “Behold! It’s very good” … […]
On day 4 we’ve hit a milestone. Here’s the first of many King James phrases that have become swear words! “Be fruitful and multiply.” It’s God’s way of saying… well… let’s stick to the way God says it: “Be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28) It’s a phrase that actually gives us a window onto: the […]
Picture God-like-ness. How does it look? What is it like? Well Genesis 1:26 speaks of ‘the image of God’ and it’s one of the most discussed verses in all the bible: “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion…” What exactly is the image of […]
In the beginning was the life and love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Before there was a universe there wasn’t nothing, there wasn’t chaos and there wasn’t a lonely god. Our origins are not darkness but entirely light. But when this God creates, the equation changes. Suddenly there is something else other than […]
Right now the whole world is considering beginnings. But usually they’re the beginnings that we will make. “New year, new you” and all that. What about the beginning that God has made? Let’s think about that for a minute. Wind back the clock to the time before people and planets and protons, what was there? […]