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- †. Gen 1:27b . . in the image of God created He him; male and female He created them. Some women would be offended to be called a "him" but it's a biblical designation nonetheless. Regardless of one's gender, all human beings are of the genus Adam and can be legitimately referred to as a him...

- †. Gen 1:26 . . And God said: Let us make Man in our image, after our likeness. The Hebrew word for "man" is 'adam (aw-dawm') which means: ruddy. It's a very common label in the Bible for human beings. Webster's defines "ruddy" as having a healthy reddish color. But in this case ruddy is a...

- †. Gen 1:22b . . God blessed them, saying: Be fertile The blessing of fertility is pretty amazing. It not only enables creatures to reproduce their own bodies, but also to transfer the breath of life from one generation to the next. †. Gen 1:22c . . and increase, fill the waters in the...

- †. Gen 1:20 . . God said: Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and birds that fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky. The Hebrew word for "birds" is 'owph (ofe) which just simply means covered with wings rather than covered with feathers. It's a rather unusual...

- †. Gen 1:15-18a . . and they shall serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to shine upon the earth. And it was so. God made the two great lights, the greater light to dominate the day and the lesser light to dominate the night, and the stars. . . . And God set them in the expanse of the sky...

- †. Gen 1:14a . . God said: Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky On the fourth day, God spent time up in celestial regions. It might seem odd that He began work on the surface of the Earth, and then before finishing, stopped short and moved off into space. Why not finish building down...

- †. Gen 1:11a . . And God said: Let the earth sprout vegetation Before God could set out plantings; He first had to create soil for them to grow in; which is only barely alluded to in Genesis' reference to dry land making its appearance: and this is where young-earth theories run into...

- †. Gen 1:6a . . God said: Let there be an expanse The word for "expanse" is from raqiya' (raw-kee'-ah) and means: a great extent of something spread out, a firmament, the visible arch of the sky. Raqiya' is distinct from shamyim in that it indicates the earth's atmosphere; which is sort of...

- Christ's beatitudes are located in a section of the so-called Sermon On The Mount (Matt 5:1-7:29). There's also a so-called Sermon On The Plain too (Luke 6:17-7:49) but it doesn't contain a complete list. His beatitudes are not something to be admired; no, they are something to be feared...

- †. Gen 1:4b-5a . . and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. Day and Night simply label two distinct physical conditions-- the absence of light, and/or the absence of darkness. Labeling those physical conditions may seem like a...

- †. Gen 1:2a . . the earth being unformed and void That statement reveals the earth's condition prior to the creation of an energy that would make it possible for its particles to coalesce into something coherent. Curiously, scientists have not yet been able to figure out what gives...

- The author of Genesis is currently unknown; but commonly attributed to Moses. Scholars have estimated the date of its writing at around 1450-1410 BC; which is pretty recent in the grand scheme of Earth's geological history-- a mere 3,400 years ago. Since Moses penned Exodus (Mark 12:26) it's...

- Hello; and welcome to the very first book of the Bible. I'm posting a systematic, daily-bread style commentary on the book of Genesis, practically verse by verse from the creation of the cosmos to Joseph's burial in Egypt. Barring emergencies, accidents, vacations, unforeseen circumstances...

- My first encounter with a Watchtower Society missionary (a.k.a. Jehovah's Witness) occurred in 1969. At the time I was young and naïve, and thus assumed that the hewer of wood, and hauler of water who came down the driveway was a fellow Christian. But when I talked this over with a Protestant...

- Of one thing I'm pretty sure: Though eternal life is immortal; eternal life isn't immortality. For instance when Christ says: "I assure you, those who heed my message, and trust in God who sent me, have eternal life" he isn't saying that they have immortality. The proof of that is all around...

- It appears from Rom 8:3 that my body is sinful. I certainly had no choice in that; nor am I aware of what it is about my body that's sinful. But even if I knew; there's probably nothing I can do about it anyway. I mean: my body has a number of automatic functions over which I have no control...

- If I'm reading Rom 1:18-32 correctly: national approval of LGBT marriages is itself a judgment. In other words: when God stands by and does nothing to discourage a nation from approving LGBT marriages, it's an indication that He's given them over to it. Exactly why God decided to give the USA...

- My mom had me baptized an infant into the Roman Catholic Church; and when old enough; enrolled me in catechism where I eventually completed First Holy Communion and Confirmation. My aunt and uncle were Catholics, their son is a Catholic, one of my half brothers is now a semi-retired Friar. My...

- I heard the story some time ago of a young man who asked his church's pastor what he would have to do in order to go to hell. The pastor answered: You need not do anything. Just bide your time and you'll get there because hell is not an option: no, it's the default. Heaven is the option. †...

- The heaven depicted in the 21st chapter of Revelation is a place where people can be trusted to be forthcoming because there will be no dishonesty there. †. Rev 21:7-8 . . All liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. †. Rev 21:27...