Genesis – A love story
I love that the second story in Genesis is a love story. PICTURE: Element5 Digital/Unsplash Adam has been created but he is alone. No suitable partner can be found for him. God walks every animal past Adam, which he names (and I’m sure delights over), but none of them can complete him; not even man’s […]
Genesis and information
If you haven’t read Genesis, you are missing out on a huge chunk of our cultural foundation. Why not take a look? God created the universe with words – information, coded data, says Paul Clark. PICTURE: Markus Spiske/Unsplash. One of the profound things the book of Genesis tells us, against all other accounts, is that God […]
US: CHRISTIAN CAMPS GET CREATIVE TO ATTRACT YOUTH IN TECH-DISTRACTED AGE
STEVE RABEY, writing for Religion News Services, looks at how Christian camps in the US are adapting to engage with young people…
Genesis – humanity
When you compare Genesis to other ancient creation stories there are a number of features that make Genesis stand head-and-shoulders above the rest. PICTURE: Mario Purisic/Unsplash. In virtually all other accounts humans are created as slaves of the gods; cannon fodder to serve and appease angry deities. Genesis places humans in a unique place. They […]
Genesis – Sun/Moon
The early chapters of Genesis are some of the most profound in Western literature, but they have been overshadowed by an overblown debate about scientific origins. Not any more! The Sun and Moon during an eclipse. PICTURE: Matt Nelson/Unsplash When you compare Genesis to all other ancient creation stories, there are a number of unique […]
Genesis – beginning
The early chapters of Genesis are some of the most profound in Western literature, but they have been stolen by an overblown debate about scientific origins. I’m stealing them back! PICTURE: Jenny Smith/Unsplash The Book of Genesis makes the radical claim that the universe had a beginning. Most other philosophical systems posit a cyclical universe. Just […]
Meaning
Philosophically speaking, if the whole universe has no meaning we should never have found out that it has no meaning! Created with meaning. PICTURE: Hudson Hintze/Unsplash Words like meaning would be without meaning. They would be meaningless in a meaningless universe. It is supremely improbable, virtually impossible, philosophically incredible, that we can comprehend the universe […]
Sight-Seeing: Bees and the Bible – and what we can do to help prevent ‘colony collapse’
Writing from New Mexico in the US, BRIAN NIXON, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at why Christians should care about the fate of bees…
Conversations: Roger Jaensch, A Rocha Australia
Global Christian conservation organisation, A Rocha, has come to Australia. DAVID ADAMS catches up with president Roger Jaensch…
Sight-Seeing: #optoutside – Creation vs consumerism
BRIAN NIXON, in an article published on ASSIST News Service, says it’s time for Christians to consider a change of mindset – from consumerism back to a celebration of the wonder and diversity of God’s creation…