Showing posts with label Eden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eden. Show all posts
Sunday, June 14, 2020

"Empty promises" and paradise lost

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Today for the first time since the pandemic started, our congregation baptized a new member. As is traditional at one point the pastor asked...
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Paradise to the ends of the earth

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God's grace and goodwill towards the earth were established in the act of creation . If the path he has laid out for us is to follow him...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Utopia vs Eden

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I think it's hardwired into who we are, as people, to try to create a paradise. It's the ultimate imitation of God: as he creates a ...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

A familiar verse, a different way to interpret it

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God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds...
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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

What did we lose in the fall?

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Have you ever really thought about what the fall has done to our sense of right and wrong? I'm not talking about any punishment or curse...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

The reason for Eve

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Adam already had paradise. God had already created a good world. What was the point of Eve? In Genesis, the point of Eve is that even paradi...
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Friday, October 31, 2008

Halloween Special: The First Faust ...

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I've always loved the legend of Faust: the man who sells his soul to the devil for some sort of worldly gain. I read a couple of differe...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

If Wisdom is a Tree of Life ...

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She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her. (Proverbs 3:18) In reading older interpretations of Scripture, I have seen some differ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Christmas: On taking human form

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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God somethi...
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Saturday, December 03, 2005

A Thoroughly Christian Mysticism: A Holy View Of Creation

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A Holy View of Creation The heavens declare the glory of God. The firmament proclaims the work of his hands ... -- King David (Psalm 19) On...