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  • Where It Belongs

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. Genesis 3:17b NASB The ground – Let’s clear up a common misunderstanding. God does not curse Adam and the woman. Human beings are not cursed because of Adam’s deliberate disobedience. Augustine’s idea that Adam’s disobedience resulted…

  • What’s the Difference?

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    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. …