Key Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelt the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man’s heart is evil […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 4: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConclusionsKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For in seven days, I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.” And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him. (Genesis 7:4-5 ESVUK) We’ve considered the context of this […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 3: The Clean Slate Initiative: ConceptsKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark, you, your sons, […]
Read More For 40 Days – Day 2: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContentKey Episode Scripture: Genesis chapters 6-9 The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the LORD said, “I […]
Read More For 40 Days: Day 1: The Clean Slate Initiative: ContextMercy. This is a quality that people are aware of. This is a quality that people are at least momentarily grateful to be a recipient of. Is it a quality that people are bred to exercise? Mercy is not a natural quality of human beings. The tendency in reaction to a grievance is towards retribution […]
Read More Time for MercyCan you see me? Can I see you? The term intimacy is rightly used in the context of the marital relationship. That relationship is in a real way to be the peak of that term: when true oneness is experienced to a degree that cannot be experienced elsewhere. Intimacy, however, is not exclusive to that […]
Read More Intimacy in RelationshipsSome people take labels on the surface and believe they can live up to those labels, just because they are connected in a loose and superficial way. Take for example, this group of folks who claimed to be part of a special people. They had spent their lives collecting sayings and giving the impression of […]
Read More After His Own KindWhat makes a family? Where are we to get the definition of the family from? Who is to say when a family is properly functioning and when it is breaking down? For those who have faith, it is crucial to see the source of family as the Creator Himself. It is reassuring to know that […]
Read More Family Formation: 02 – FoundationAn effort was made recently to look at some of the good points of the first man, Adam. (Worth having a read.) It’s worth remembering, that we all come from that first guy. There are things to applaud, especially considering where he came from, who created him, how he created him, what he did initially […]
Read More Adam: What Went WrongHe has this brilliant idea. They will reflect Him on the earth. As He rules in heaven, they will rule on earth. So when He creates the first one and puts him in the garden to tend it, He’s very aware in the process that this is not the end of the process. There’s only […]
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