"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither … [Read more...] about Genesis – Falling for the Lie
Old Testament
Genesis – The Ultimate Meet Cute
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”... So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.Then the man … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Ultimate Meet Cute
Genesis – Beauty in the Details
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens. When no bush of the field was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground, and a mist was going up … [Read more...] about Genesis – Beauty in the Details
Genesis – Rest in Holiness (Day 7)
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. Genesis 2:1-3 The seventh day - a day set apart … [Read more...] about Genesis – Rest in Holiness (Day 7)
Genesis – The Creation of Man (Day 6)
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that creeps on the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Creation of Man (Day 6)