Adam: Assumed or Accentuated?

March 7, 2013 By 14 Comments

The attempt at an alliterative title hopefully will not obscure what this post is about, which is an attempt to clarify my thinking about Adam in Paul’s letters. This is a follow-up to my earlier post, in which I explained some of the reasons for concluding that Jesus and Paul were not literalists, which in turn emerged [...]

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Jesus and Paul were not Literalists when it comes to Genesis 2-3

March 6, 2013 By 55 Comments

It is interesting how some modern readers simply assume that ancient individuals and authors shared their supposed literalism, and their focus on facts and history and science, all of which are thoroughly modern concerns. If we look at what Jesus is depicted as saying about Genesis 2 in the Synoptic Gospels, he points to the [...]

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Hasn’t God Said?

February 19, 2013 By 57 Comments

Someone shared this status update on Facebook: The devil is using the same trick that he used in the garden by getting people to second guess what God has already told them. Has not God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Has not God said that marriage is between a [...]

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Genesis 3: How It Should Have Ended

February 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Today's Speed Bump. Initially I was going to give the post the title “There's a Snake in my Boots!”  

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Original Banking

January 25, 2013 By 2 Comments

From yesterday's Non Sequitur.  

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Merry Whomas Eve!

December 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Doctor Who is on TV tomorrow with a brand new episode, this year's Christmas special!  

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Job Creation: The Beginning

October 29, 2012 By 4 Comments

This cartoon from The New Yorker came to my attention via Facebook: The comments on the Facebook page were interesting, with many pointing out that the perspective of Genesis is that God did create jobs for Adam and Eve: gardening. But is it the job of God or government to create jobs for human beings? [...]

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