Genesis 1: In the beginning God
Preliminary Notes: In order to prepare for this first post, I suggest that you read through Genesis chapter 1. It is the premier chapter of the Bible and, in my opinion, nothing else in the Bible makes the remotest sense if you have not read this chapter and thought through it, deeply. Second, I want to be clear that while my writing is informed by 30+ years of reading, studying, teaching, and preaching the Bible (supplemented with a four year degree from an accredited Bible college) I am not writing a scholarly treatise or commentary. I am simply writing as a lay-person who opens up the book and reads and waits for the Holy Spirit to inform me. So while I think there is one objective to the Scripture, namely Jesus' revelation, I think this also means that on different days the Spirit may reveal different things and thus the takeaway on that day may be different than the day before. Anyhow, to the work... I imagine myself opening this giant book for the first time, this Bible. Mayb...