Category Archives: Genesis
True Freedom – A Sermon
This sermon is based on the following scripture passages, which can be read by clicking on the links: Genesis 8:13-22 and Genesis 9: 12-17, Galatians 5:1-26, and John 4:5-42. I am in the process of developing a four year lectionary that features John’s gospel in Year D. I have plotted out much of this lectionary, but am filling [...]
Abraham – Sufjan Stevens
One of my favorite singer-songwriters sings about one of my favorite passages in the Bible – The Akedah. Technorati Tags: Abraham,Sufjan Stevens
Hoping Against Hope – A Sermon for Lent 2B
Here is the beginning of my sermon for Sunday. I can’t believe that I have gotten this far already. I will move from where I have ended to talking about the fact that ultimately Abraham’s hope did not disappoint, though it was fulfilled in God’s time and not his own. I will also reference the [...]
The Akedah – Kierkegaard and Protecting God
Note: If you haven’t already done so, you may want to read the first post in this series: The Akedah – The Binding of Isaac ———- Perhaps the most famous of reflections on this passage of scripture comes from Soren Kierkegaard in his book “Fear and Trembling.” After an introduction, four “retellings” of the story [...]
Genesis 12:1-4a – My Paraphrase
The Lord said to Abram, "Leave behind your country and your family and the home of your father and go to the land that I will show you. And I will make you into a great nation, and make your name great, and you will become a blessing. And I will bless those you bless [...]
My Paraphrase of Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3:1-7
[print_link] The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work and attend to it. The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree in the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for on [...]
