Tag: creation

Fairies in the garden?

The Humanists UK have been circulating this meme again recently. It occasionally does the rounds. On the surface, it seems quite witty and clever. That’s no surprise, Douglas Adams was a clever, witty author.  However, not all that sounds clever is wise and well-reasoned.  This is one such case.  We can of course forgive Adams,… Continue reading Fairies in the garden?

Did Adam have a belly button?

It’s one of those questions that children ask.  The obvious answer seems to be that Adam and Eve would not have had belly buttons because they were created as adults, rather than being conceived through natural means.  This means there would have been no umbilical cord to remove at birth.  If so, it would have… Continue reading Did Adam have a belly button?

The aloneness of Adam revisited

In Genesis 2:18, God says: “It’s not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”  Often “alone” gets read as “lonely.” The two words though related are not the same and the result is that we can have a distorted understanding of what the issue was. I’ve been… Continue reading The aloneness of Adam revisited

If Sabbath is a creation ordinance, then…

I recently argued that one of the reasons why we should continue to keep a sabbath holy is because it is a creation ordinance.  In other words, our relationship to Sabbath is based not just on the laws given in Exodus- Deuteronomy but relates to something given by God at creation.  “The Sabbath was made… Continue reading If Sabbath is a creation ordinance, then…

How many of the Ten Commandments did Adam and Eve break?

Adam and Eve broke one specific commandment in the Garden of Eden: not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.  However, I want to suggest that there is a sense in which they may well have been breaking each of the Ten Commandments.  How? Well, first of all, by listening to… Continue reading How many of the Ten Commandments did Adam and Eve break?

Disability and Evangelical Theology

The other day, I responded to some comments on twitter about what Evangelicals believe about the New Creation/our resurrection bodies and implications for people with disabilities.  Fascinatingly, a lot of the comments seemed to be coming from people who wanted to speak for those who had disabilities, physical impairments and chronic conditions but did not… Continue reading Disability and Evangelical Theology

Biblcal Theology and Isaiah

Biblical Theology helps us to see God’s big story of redemption unfolding on the pages of Scripture.  There are a couple of aspects to this.  First of all, authors such as Graeme Goldsworthy and Christopher Wright have identified three themes running through Scripture.  We can talk about The story that the Bible tells us the… Continue reading Biblcal Theology and Isaiah

Echoes …(an introduction to typology)

One of the exciting things you spot as you read through Scripture especially if you’ve ever done that thing where you read from beginning to end in a year, or if you spend a bit of time reading through big sections is that you begin to spot patterns and echoes.  For example, here are three… Continue reading Echoes …(an introduction to typology)

Attack

We’ve been introduced to a good and beautiful world with a loving God who creates and cares for his people.  However, we know that this isn’t our experience of the world today.  We live in a world where there is pain, suffering, decay and death. How did that come about? Read Genesis 3:1-5 The serpent… Continue reading Attack