Tag: Genesis 2
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The Ancient Near East and Genesis 2: Seven Minute Seminary
Some fascinating insight into the imagery of Genesis 2.
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The Book of Genesis, part 1: God created
Guardian: The Book of Genesis, part 1: God created Jane Williams Genesis looks at what the culture around it believes about the nature of the material world, and disagrees with it profoundly. Genesis 1 and 2 must be among the most hotly debated texts in the Bible. But our obsession with whether and how they…
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The Imago Dei and God the Worker
Vanguard Church (Bob Robinson): The Imago Dei and God the Worker A Christian Perspective on Work, Part 1 According to Genesis 2:2, God is resting (“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.”) However, according to John 5:17, God…
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Household: Jesus’ Household Code (Part 1)
What was Jesus' household code? The gospel of Matthew contains five discourses. The fourth discourse (chapter 18) concerns life in the Kingdom. Carolyn Osiek and David Balch (drawing on the work of Warren Carter) see the collection of stories immediately following the fourth discourse (chapters 19-20) functioning as a household code. Here is a breakdown…
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The Other Six Days: C6 – Ministry in the Bible
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 6 – Ministry – Transcending Clericalism Ministry in the Bible What is ministry? As we look around the Church today, Stevens suggests that five criteria usually come into play. Place – Work in the Church rather than the marketplace and home. Function…
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The Other Six Days: C5 – Work in the Bible
The Other Six Days Part Two – Summoned and Equipped by God: Chapter 5 – Doing the Lord's Work Work in the Bible Stevens gives a cursory overview of the idea of "work" from Scripture. He catalogs several metaphors that describe God as a worker, including builder/architect, teacher, composer and performer, metalworker, garment maker and…
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Theology and Economics: Two Ecos
The word "Economy" is laden with meaning for Christians. It comes from the Greek word oikonomia, meaning "household management." (oikos = household or home; nomia =management) Related to it is the word oikonomos, which means "household manager or steward." The household in mind here is the large villa of the Greco-Roman world. These were self-sufficient…
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Toward an Evangelical Public Policy: Chapter 12
Toward an Evangelical Public Policy Part III – Central Themes for an Evangelical Framework Chapter 12 – Family Integrity. By Tom Minnery, vice president for Focus on the Family; Glenn T. Stanton, social research analyst for marriage and sexuality at Focus on the Family. Minnery and Stanton begin their essay by acknowledging that there has…
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Science and Christianity (Part 13)
(Note: Not long after writing this, I rejected Hugh Ross's concordist view on Genesis. His science may be accurate, but John Walton's The Lost World of Genesis 1 provides a more satisfactory analysis of the early Genesis passages. July 6, 2023.) The Genesis 1 account talks about creation from God's perspective, revealing his motive for…