Genesis 1-3

  • Time to Kill a Snake: How Adam Should have dealt with the Serpent

    A Little Dialogue Regarding a Nasty Snake One of my favorite portions of the Bible surrounds creation week (Gen 1-3). Even when that is not a primary text that I have been studying, I will find my thoughts drifting back to the beginning of all things. I suppose I must give some credit to Answers…

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  • Today we are going to discuss another common objection that I have come across in denying that spiritual death[1] did in fact take place in the garden narrative[2] recorded for us in Genesis 3. This objection is related to the Tree of life. The argument places emphasis on the fruit of this tree as that…

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  • Original Relational Status of God and Mankind: What Changed?

    The state of Mankind in the beginning was “very good” (Gen 1.31). Their relational status with their Maker before failing the test in the garden of Eden (Gen 3. ) was “very good.” But on the day that they ate the fruit that was forbidden them their relational status before the Lord God, the Maker…

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  • On Biblical Concepts and Terms: Part 2, Death is Described as…

    So…have you thought about it? Did you come up with an answer? No, no, no…I’m not trying to trick you. This isn’t a trap. You have no idea what I’m talking about? So…you’ve never ran into a person that persistently attempts to make a point that they believe is valid, airtight and cannot be refuted,…

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  • On Biblical Concepts and Terms: Opening Act-Part 1, Death is…

    From the earliest pages of Scripture, we are given some basic, fundamental truths that outline necessary aspects of the believer’s faith. The first verse of the Bible gives unequivocal evidence in the sense of an axiomatic truth: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen 1.1).[1] God is the ontological beginning of…

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