Category: Theological issues

  • The Onion on the Depravity of Children

    A while back (and by a while, I mean nearly a year), I guy I follow on Twitter, Joshua Blankenship, posted this: “Leave it to The Onion to write a theologically astute article on the human condition” – 6:53 PM Dec 8th, 2009 If you’re unfamiliar with The Onion, it’s a satirical news site, and…

  • Jesus, One man, two natures

    Read the Gospels and you encounter Jesus.  On one had we discover a man who had very human emotions, experienced pain, was hungry and ate, and went through all that it meant to be human.  On the other hand, he taught with authority, could read the thoughts of people, healed the sick and raised the…

  • Who the Bible is Primarily About?

    Here at Genesis, we believe in the authority of the Bible as God’s divine revelation of Himself.  So we teach the Bible and encourage followers of Jesus to have a steady intake of Scripture.  But one of the fundamental issues we must tackle when reading the Bible involves the question of who the Bible is…

  • Praising God for His Indignation?!

    Been reading through Psalms, and this morning I read David’s prayer that he put to music in Psalm 7.   The Psalm is a cry to God to save him from evil people, recognizing that God is his refuge, his place of safety.  The basis of his hope is God’s wrath, his righteous indignation against sin…

  • Psalm 4, Joy, and Idolatry

    Those pesky thorns and weeds are impossible to get rid of.  Farmers use herbicides, and I use chemicals in my yard trying to kill weeds so the grass can grow.  But somehow they keep showing up.  This is so true in life too!  In the Parable of the Soils (Mark 4:1-20) Jesus uses thorns as…