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The Most Offensive Verse In the Bible

A friend of mine whimsically commented, "The world is a magical place full of liberals waiting to be offended when the truth is spoken." Words couldn't be truer. Although I can't be too harsh. Wait until the winter rolls…
Devotion: Genesis 16-50

By Karl Johnson at A Radical Journey This chunk of reading is quite a lot to cover in one post, so I'm just going to highlight a few thoughts/observations. 22:6 - I proposed a connection in a previous post between the sa…
Devotion: Genesis 11-15

By Karl Johnson at A Radical Journey Terah died in Haran. Terah left the land of Ur, heading for Canaan, but he never made it. He settled in Haran, and died there. (Genesis 11:31-32) How many times do we settle for Haran…
Devotion: Genesis 1-10

By Karl Johnson at A Radical Journey Looks as though New Years resolutions are still on my mind. The first portion of this reading that really stuck out to me is from Genesis 2:3: So God blessed the seventh day and made…
Christians, Government and the Death Penalty

By The Closet Calvinist Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. Genesis 9:6 is viewed as God’s first ordaining of government and for God’s comman…
Questions in Genesis from a Trip to the Creation Museum

Around five-thirty in the morning, I knocked on the door to the spare bedroom. Julie had arrived in Fort Wayne the day before,\ and would be sleeping in my sister's old room -- now a guest room -- during her visit. Mik…
Evolution: Tired of the Nonsense

Well, I have some unfortunate news for you: 1) despite what many Christians assert, it's not "nonsense", and 2) as a theory to explain the diversity of life, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere, so you better become…
Does Scripture Support Smoking Pot?

By Matthew at Jesus Needs New PR Well… one Facebook group says yes. The group Every Seed Bearing Plant suggests that Genesis 1:29 offer biblical support for the extracurricular use of marijuana. “And God s…
Genesis 3: Every Woman's Struggle

By Sharon at SheWorships This weekend my church had a guest preacher named Dr. Dan Allender, a psychologist, who spoke on the topic of intimacy. He preached out of Genesis 1-3 and raised an issue that I had NEVER before…
Genesis 35-50

I love the Joseph story (and it's various re-tellings. Technicolor Dreamcoat anybody?). It's always been a particular favorite of mine, seeing how God uses one man to impact so many people, even though things don't alw…