Genesis
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Verse 17 stood out to me today. In our OT Survey class, we discussed that parents should avoid making rules before they’re needed, lest the child get ideas from the rules. For example, if you tell your kid he cannot put peas in his nose, you may have just given him an idea that never occurred to him. So when I read verse 17 today, I appreciated that God, being a fantastic Father, tried to keep us from the knowledge of good & evil. If only we would have listened!
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Eleven Points on How to Be Hidden through Impending Judgment 4 months ago · View
Perhaps the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah is skipped over by some who would rather not hear its proclamations of judgment: judgment on Judah (Zeph 1); judgment on the Gentile nations (Zeph 2:4-15); judgement on Jerusalem (Zeph 3:1-7); judgment on the nations: “All the earth shall be devoured with the fire of My jealousy.” (Zeph [...]
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Trinity in Marriage 6 months, 1 week ago · View
I wrote this paper for a recently seminary class. It is pretty lengthy, but I loved writing it, if you have time, enjoy:-) Trinity in Marriage INTRODUCTION There are several mysteries in the Christian faith that are hard to explain in human terms. Some of them include Jesus being 100% man and at the exact same time being 100% [...] -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: What’s In A Name? 1 year, 1 month ago · View
My precious granddaughter’s name is “Hephzibah”. It’s a beautiful name but it isn’t simple and it isn’t convenient. When people first hear it, they want it re-pronounced, spelt, and explained. But the meaning is lovely: “my delight is in her”. Would every child know that their parents delight in them! God placed this name in [...]
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Toriano Mayo wrote a new blog post: Why Do You Try to Save Yourself by Works: Yes You Christians 1 year, 2 months ago · View
You know, something has been striking me recently as sort of surprising, and really disturbing. There are so many people who claimed they are saved by grace, but then they go on living, as if they were saved by works. We see this same problem in Galatians, and for some reason we think we are far [...] -
Carolyn Anne Venable posted on the forum topic Being "Born Again" in the Old Testament in the group
Bible Discussion: 1 year, 5 months ago · ViewEzekiel 11:19 Also, I think that righteousness has always come in essentially the same way: Abraham “believed YHWH, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Gen 15:6 The OT saints looked forward in time to the promised Messiah and NT saints look back in time to the historical Messiah. It’s faith in YHWH as [...]
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SMeeks posted an update about Genesis 6:5-7:24: 1 year, 6 months ago · View
Gen 6:5-6 ”The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.”
Gen 7: 23 ”He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth.”
These verses make me feel equally sad and scared. I’m not a parent (yet), but I can imagine being heartbroken by the actions of your children… but God faced the ultimate heartbreak to see that ALL of His creation was wicked. It just hurts my heart to think about this. BUT, God does not have a pity party, He decides to salvage what is still ”good” and destroy all other life. WOW! Thats pretty sobering. I’m glad God had other plans for the rest of us because I’m sure our world still breaks His heart with our wickedness. I’m so thankful for the GIFT of Jesus that has saved us from destruction!
Yet the ”exceeding wickedness” of man is great today. What hurts my heart so is the cruelty inflicted on children, especially enslaving them for perversion! Jesus said, it would be better for the perpetrators to be drowned in the sea. (Matt 18:6)
Are you any relation to Pastor Meeks in Houston?
You’re right about that! No, I’m not related to Pastor Meeks. I married into the Meeks name, but we don’t have any relatives in Houston
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Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.
Its interesting that we often forget about ”the serpent” in our everyday life. We’re busy, we’re stressed, we’ve got things to do. We may not see the deception that is slowly spoken over us throughout the day – lies, empty promise, provocative thoughts. We shrug these off as our own thoughts, maybe our own brokenness. Praying that God would help me to distinguish His voice and say ”NO!” to the lies of the serpent.Genesis 3:12-13 = BLAME
When we are in a compromised situation, it is so easy to pass the blame off to others. ”She told me to do it.” ”I was decieved; I didn’t know.” ”It is not my fault.” But, God knows. He knew that while Adam & Eve were decieved, they both gave into a temptation of pride, jealousy, desire. They wanted to be like God. Praying that God would help me to see my true heart intentions behind my everyday actions. -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: The Oldest Lie in the Book 1 year, 6 months ago · View
Perhaps you’ve heard the cliché “the oldest lie in the book” referring sometimes to “the check’s in the mail” but “the oldest lie in the book” is literally in the Book of Beginnings, the book of Genesis. It is spoken by the “father of lies”, satan. Satan’s opening line, posed as a question (Gen 3:1), [...]
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SMeeks posted an update about Genesis 1-2: 1 year, 6 months ago · View
Creation:
(1) Heavens + Earth + Light (= Day + Night)
(2) Sky + Water
(3) Dry Land/Earth + Seas + Vegetation
(4) Sun + Moon
(5) Ocean Animals + Birds
(6) Livestock + Earth Animals + Man
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: A LABOR OF LOVE 2 years, 1 month ago · View
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street. (Lamentations 2:19) LET THE CHILDREN There is a sinister, ugly spirit, a [...]
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anamaricela wrote a new blog post: Sarai and Hagar 2 years, 5 months ago · View
For quite sometime, God has placed a desire in my heart to read and reflect on the stories of the women He used. It is hard for me to read the Bible but I am continually compelled to do so. Part of the reason that it is hard is because I am easily distracted by [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: Sneaky wicked animals 2 years, 8 months ago · View
1 A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit… 4 …He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked . Isaiah 11:1,4
Justice and Mercy. Our Messiah reigns with his Justice and Mercy. Isaiah prophesied [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: the “Genesis” of my Biblefox reading plan! 2 years, 10 months ago · View
Genesis 1:27 - God created man in his own image. In God’s image he created him; male and female he created them. What a good thing to recognize that God not only created us, but created us in his own image . I recently read part of a book called Designed for Dignity . It was good in that it really stressed [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: Gods last words to mankind 2 years, 10 months ago · View
Reading the last entry in our series for essential 100, Revelation 21-22 I was struck how like every great story the ending was connected back up with the start. Just read about the Tree of life in Genesis 2 before reading the last chapter of the last book. There are many similarities between the New [...]
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Hannah Venable wrote a new blog post: Childbearing and Women 3 years, 2 months ago · View
As I read many of these stories, I am struck by the importance of childbearing. It seems like one of the primary callings for women is to bear a child. And it seems like it is one of the main ways that God wants to use them. In Judges 13-16, we saw how God gave [...]
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Richard Venable wrote a new blog post: A Bible in Every Blog 3 years, 2 months ago · View
In the first post on this development blog, we mentioned how we are using Wordpress as the core of our website, giving us incredible blogging tools right out of the box. So, what features have we added on our own that set us apart from other blog services? Basically, we put a Bible in every blog… Scripture [...]
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Alan Collins wrote a new blog post: SEX! 3 years, 2 months ago · View
Now that I’ve got your attention…I realise im probably ahead of everyone else in this reading. But this was to exciting to wait. I read earlier in Genesis 38 the story of Judah and Tamar. Tamar was Judahs daughter in law whose husband died before she conceived. To carry on the brothers lineage, Judah instructed his [...]
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I like the connection with your thought and Genesis 2. I hadn’t seen how it was God’s kindness to us to keep us from the tree. I like the pea example.
Peas in your nose? Did David tell you about his brother doing that?