Setting the scene
I’d love to rush on to all the familiar excitement of the story of Joseph and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat, but first we must set the scene and journey through the less familiar territory...
Tagged: Genesis
I am no longer my own but yours…
I love the word covenant. It has so much more to it than promise or commitment. A covenant requires multiple parties to be involved and it requires them all to keep their side of...
Teenagers are expert negotiators
Hey, guess what? We come from the same roots. Ishmael, known as Ismâ`îl in Arabic, is the figure known in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as Abraham’s (Ibrâhîm) son, born to Hagar (Hājar). In Islam,...
A good idea or a God idea – how can we possibly know the difference?
Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. Genesis 24:1 Really? the Lord has blessed him in every way? His beloved wife Sarah had...
Hell fire and damnation, just what had they done wrong?
The story of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19 is as confusing as it is dramatic. The towns are viewed as beyond redemption by God and Abraham pleads to save them as long as...
An issue of safeguarding
And so we move on to the next chapter in Genesis – chapter 22 – one of the most difficult passages in the whole of the Bible to understand and explain away. How can...
Worthy of a soap opera
So 16 days into September and we are only 10 chapters into Genesis – not a great rate of progress! These early chapters of Genesis are crucial though in setting the scene for the...
Is God a vegetarian and will heaven be vegan?
The God of Genesis is often called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You can read the stories of these patriarchs in the Jewish Torah, the Islamic Koran and the Christian Bible. All...
Before we leave Genesis Chapter 1…
…here is the first few verses of Genesis chapter 1 rewritten in brand and PR jargon. 1. At the outset, God’s agenda was to basically focus on his core deliverables, namely two leading-edge products,...
In the beginning……
There is nothing more exciting and nerve-wracking than a blank piece of paper – the possibilities, the rising hope, the fresh start. I feel that at the start of every school year. I have...
