What’s the Difference?

Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  Genesis 2:7  NASB From the ground – Why does the text use the word ha-adamah (the ground)?  Once more we are confronted with the first occurrence of a word. …

Slowly and Carefully

Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.  Genesis 2:7  NASB Formed – You don’t know what you are supposed to do until you know who you are made to be.  That’s why the opening passages of…

Genesis In Technicolor

and Hevel became a keeper of sheep, but Qayin became a tiller of the ground. Genesis 4:2 Keeper/Tiller – Do you think we will ever be finished with Genesis? Each time we look there is more to see. Take this apparently innocuous verse. It doesn’t seem to have much theological importance, does it? But maybe…

Génesis en Tecnicolor

Y Abel fue pastor de ovejas y Caín fue labrador de la tierra. Génesis 4:2 Pastor/Labrador – ¿Crees que algún dia terminaremos con Génesis? Cada vez que lo vemos hay más que ver. Por ejemplo éste versículo aparentemente inocuo. No parece tener mucha importancia teológica, ¿no crees? Pero quizás es porque no hemos visto con…

Día 17 – Portador

“y fue el hombre un ser viviente.”  Gen 2:7 Un Ser Viviente – ¿Eres portador o productor? En un mundo donde el énfasis está en la vida productiva, es necesario que demos un paso para atrás y que hagamos la pregunta desde la perspectiva bíblica.  La que tiene el mundo sobre nuestra ejecución no es…

Of Both Worlds

And YHWH God fashioned the dust-man from the dust and blew into his nostrils the breath of life  Genesis 2:7 Fashioned – Everything important happens in the first three chapters of Genesis.  That is no joke.  If you want to understand life, your place in it, God’s design for it and how to live it,…