The Beginning of Wisdom

and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”  Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word.  We just don’t know it in this context.  It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …

God of the Past

More than 30 years ago, Wolfhart Pannenberg wrote the book that was translated into English as Jesus – God and Man.  On page 230 of that work, Pannenberg makes a suggestion about the relationship between Jesus’ proclamation concerning the true nature of the creation and the end of this world age.  It reads: . ….

A Line in the Sand

January 5  God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered into one area, that the dry land may appear.”  Genesis 1:9 A Line In The Sand Gathered – The flat-backed liquid Leviathan shows its white belly today, raging against its sandy cage.  But God has shut the door and it can’t get out….