Correct but Insufficient

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22  NASB Brought– When I wrote Guardian Angel, I thought the title would be The Perfect Enemy.  My thinking was this: God brings into the lives of husbands precisely those wives who act as polishing stones, grinding away…

The Assignment

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought – Why is the role of women in the family and in society so misunderstood? Why are challenges to the typical characterizations of women seen as threats? Why does…

The Excuse

The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”   Genesis 3:12 NASB Gave – In a recent conversation a very intelligent woman raised an objection to the trajectory of my book, Guardian Angel. She claimed that the fact that God gave the woman…

The Faithlessness of Abraham

He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.” Genesis 22:2 NASB Take – This verse is universally acknowledged as the pivotal example of Abraham’s…

Mining for Gold

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Brought – “bôʾ, the fourth most frequently occurring verb in the ot, is used 2570 times, for the most part with everyday meanings of “go, arrive, enter a house,” or,…

Recovery

The Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. Genesis 2:22 NASB Had taken from – The purpose of marriage is unity.  Genesis 2:24 tells us that we are joined together in order to become one flesh.  But it isn’t just about…

A Covenant of Purpose

The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.  Genesis 2:22  NASB Fashioned – If you read the Genesis account of creation within the framework of  covenant commitments, you might notice the following pattern.  God makes a covenant of power with male…

Picture Frames

And He said, “Take your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you.” Genesis 22:2  (JPS commentary on Genesis) Go – The test of Abraham concludes the journey…

Primero

Y Dios dijo: Toma ahora a tu hijo, tu único, a quien amas, a Isaac, y ve a la tierra de Moriah, y ofrécelo allí en holocausto sobre uno de los montes que yo te diré. Gen 22:2 Amas – Para todo hay una primera vez. Usualmente, las primeras veces son muy significativas, especialmente cuando…