Genesis 2:18–20 (NIV84) 18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see...
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Here are the last fewGeA04-1: The Essential Design
Genesis 1:26-28 (NIV84) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God...
GeA03-5: The Dignity of the Other
Genesis 1:27 (NIV84) 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Genesis 9:6 6“Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man. James 3:9 9With the...
GeA03-4: The Gardener and the Scientist
Read: Genesis 2:8, 15, 19-20 (NIV84) 8Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 15The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 19Now the Lord God had formed out of...
GeA03-3: The Cultural Mandate
Genesis 1:27-28 (NIV84) 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea...
GeA03-2: The Family Resemblance
Read: Genesis 1:26–27; 5:3 (NIV84) 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”...
GeA03-1: The Ultimate Sabbath
Read: Genesis 1:26–27 (NIV84) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God...
GeA02-5: The Ultimate Sabbath
Read: Hebrews 3:7-4:11 (NIV84) 7So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, 8do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert, 9where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did....
GeA02-4: Rest, The Great Accomplishment
Genesis 1:31–2:3 (NIV84) 31God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. 1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been...
GeA02-3: Work, The Forgotten Paradise
Genesis 2:8–15 (NIV84) 8Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9And the Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the...
GeA02-2: The Dignity of the Divine Workman
Genesis 2:1–3, 8 (NIV84) 1Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. 2By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy,...
GeA02-1: The Two Songs of Creation
Genesis 1:26–2:15 (NIV84) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God...
GeA01-5: The Blueprint for a New Beginning
Colossians 1:15–20 (NIV84) 15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created...
GeA01-4: The Word Behind the Words
Genesis 1:1–3 (NIV84) 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was...
GeA01-3: The Statue That Breathes
Genesis 1:26–28 (NIV84) 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God...
GeA01-2: The Rhythm of Reality
Read: Genesis 1:3–25 (NIV84) 3And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was...
GeA01-1: The Artist and the Canvas
Read: Genesis 1:1-3; Hebrews 11:3 Genesis 1:1–3 (NIV84) 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3And God said, “Let...
Smoking Saint?
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who...