Category Archives: The Story of the Bible

Perhaps I should expand on something I wrote about the hexeteuch, Genesis through Joshua: The Penteteuch refers to the first five books of the Bible, commonly called the books of Moses. (I suspect that Genesis is a compilation of ten … Continue reading →

So Adam and Eve are created to have dominion. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens … Continue reading →

God wanted change in the world and he proves it by making the world dark and empty and shapeless and then illuminating, filling, and shaping it. God’s work is unique but it is a foundation, not a capstone.  Even his … Continue reading →

I originally wrote: God likes change and created a world that was supposed to do so. He starts out with both an undeveloped area and an ideal or goal or model for the development that will take place. We see … Continue reading →

We are told in Genesis 1.2 that the Spirit of God took a specific place before illuminating, shaping, and filling the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the … Continue reading →

God likes change and created a world that was supposed to do so. He starts out with both an undeveloped area and an ideal or goal or model for the development that will take place. In the beginning, God created … Continue reading →