Category: Series: Disillusion – Hebrew Testament (Series)
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Cain’s New World
Gen 4:16-18 16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17 Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; and he built a city, and named it Enoch after his son Enoch.NRSV In addition to exile from God's presence, verse…
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Cain’s Journey Into Darkness
Gen 4:8-16 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's…
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Cain’s Choice
Genesis 4:1-7 1 Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have produced a man with the help of the LORD." 2 Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. 3 In the course of time…
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Grand Illusion
I was slowly getting around to dinner last night but eventually heated up something in the microwave. Then I clicked on the tube to watch something while I ate. With a couple of clicks, I stumbled upon the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet starring Leslie Nielson. Great movie! I think it was Nielson's second film. It…
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And God Created the Serpent
The first two chapters of Genesis paint a picture of a loving God creating human beings who he could lavish his love upon. The only prohibition is that they may not eat from the fruit of one tree in the garden. No one really knows the tree's significance except that it is the only tree…
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The First Illusion
Illusion – something that deceives the senses or mind, for example, by appearing to exist when it does not or appearing to be one thing when it is, in fact, another. Delusion – a false or mistaken belief or idea about something. psychology – a persistent false belief held in the face of strong contradictory…
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Will the Real Illusion Please Stand Up?
I gave my friend Dave a copy of one of my books about science and Genesis a while back. Last week we had lunch at our weekly hangout, Rumi's, a Sufi-themed Mid-Eastern cuisine Restaurant. Dave told me how much he enjoyed the book. What struck him the most was the utter expansiveness of God in…
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Rolling to My Death in Kansas… Or Not
Yesterday I asked if Bill Shakespeare was right. Is life “a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing?” How do you know? Not long ago, I came to a stop at a red light at 31st Street and Southwest Trafficway in Kansas City, MO, just three blocks from my house.…