Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; [...]
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“The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.” – Genesis 8:21 (NIV)
Our nature is to do wrong. God [...]
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“And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him” – Genesis 7:5 (NIV)
Reading this I was reminded of a line from the movie Evan Almighty. A reporter ask Evan “What makes you think God chose you?” Evan responds, “He chooses all of us.”
Noah did all that the Lord commanded. Do we even do the little [...]
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Noah did everything just as God commanded him” – Genesis 6:22 (NIV)
On many occasions I have said it is a good thing that I am not God. Granted there are numerous reasons why that is a true statement. If I were God, right after that whole apple business I would have used the big thumb [...]
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“He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created he called them ‘man’” – Genesis 5:2 (NIV)
Blessed beyond the curse. Even though Adam and Eve messed up and were thrown out of Eden, God still blessed them. When we sin, God still loves us much in the same way a [...]
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If you do what is right, you will be accepted. But If you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you , but you must master it. – Genesis 4:7 (NIV)
There is a lot that happens in this chapter. Cain and Abel are born, grow up, [...]
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“And He said, ‘The woman you put here with me —she gave me some of the fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” -Genesis 3:12 (NIV)
The apple and the snake. The symbol of our struggle against sin. From the dawn of time man has wanted more, and done stupid things trying to satisfy that [...]
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“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will be come one flesh” – Genesis 2:24 (NIV)
God creates the universe, Earth, animals, plants and then man. He tells man to get to work and find a helper. Being impossible to please man can find [...]
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“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” – Genesis 1:1 (NIV)
As man we want to complicate everything. We question how God could have made everything in just seven days. Reading this first chapter presents me with two thoughts. God has always been. He was there before the beginning. Second, God is trying [...]
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I was praying for a friend this morning. She is fighting cancer for the second time. She has great faith in God as expressed in her blog, “My Journey” (http://arthyjournal.blogspot.com). In the subtitle of her blog it said “The second time around dealing with cancer was something I didn’t think I would ever do, but [...]
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