Nothing grows like the root of bitterness, and nothing kills it like a good dose of honesty. The wise king Solomon wrote, “Love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave” (Song 8:6). These are the two ruling passions of life. Selfless love, in its rightful place, is the greatest thing in […]
The second-most crucial day of your life is the day you die; the most crucial, the day you decide where you go. At first, it seems a matter of little significance. We read in Genesis 4:3-4, “Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord. Abel also brought of the firstborn […]
Ouch! It’s hard to say it, but the line between good and evil runs right through every human heart. Although Adam and Eve had been expelled from Paradise, it still must have been an amazing world. No pollution. No crime. No racial discrimination. No war. And yet there was a worm in their apple, a […]
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Remember this: God didn’t just make individuals; He made families. And He cares about yours, too. We have come to the words of Genesis 4:1-2 – “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, ‘I have acquired a man from the Lord.’ Then she bore again, this time his […]
You can’t help being like what you’re made of, until someone figures out a way to elementally change you. We’ve been thinking about the Lord’s conversation with Adam and Eve after they suicidally cut themselves off from the life of God. He had warned them, but they didn’t listen. God offered the human race convincing […]
Did you know that weeds only grow where people try to cultivate the land? Another proof the Bible’s true! Weeding! Don’t you love it? Years ago, I found this quotation in a book called Controlling Weeds by the Ortho lawn care people: “Where do weeds come from? It’s important to realize that the presence of […]
Yes, cutting yourself loose from God IS a big deal, and disagreeing with Him is intellectual suicide. It seems such a little thing to get upset about, say some folks. It was just one bite. Was that such a big deal? “She took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with […]
Eve began some big trends: desiring her husband, sorrow in childbirth, and changing history one baby at a time. When God told Eve about the coming war between the Devil and her seed, He wasn’t finished: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall […]
It’s been a battle royal alright: between the usurper “god of this world” and the rightful Heir of everything. As God spoke to the devil in Genesis 3, He sent a ricochet message to Eve as well. There would be a long war, He said, “between you [that’s the devil] and the woman, and between […]