Yesterday, we watched the woman walk down the path of deception. Her deception led to a choice, to disobedience. And the cost of disobedience was death. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil...
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The Path of Deception
In Genesis 3, the woman in the garden was deceived.¹ The choice she made was intentional, but she reached her (wrong) conclusions because she never realized she was on the path of deception. Unfortunately, we are all at risk in this area. Whether the message is about the Bible, current political or social issues...
Twin Attacks
The serpent met the woman in the garden, near a tree. And he leveled twin attacks at her that still reverberate, even now. Attack #1 – God isn’t trustworthy Genesis 3:1 says, “He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” It doesn’t really...
Birthday
Today is my daughter’s birthday. She is eight. And as I thought about what to write about engaging Genesis today, I got to thinking about Meg. I can remember many, many details of the day leading up to her birth. The ‘practice’ contractions that kept me up all night, then stopped at 6 a.m....
Connection
This is a Write 31 Days post. Engaging Genesis must absolutely start at the beginning. Verse 1: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” In the first two chapters, God reveals fundamental things about himself, the world, and our place in it. First Things First Sadly, even though I’ve taught the...