sin
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Noah
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “It’s all I had left,” she said. Noah looked at the simple crockery bowl, one of his wife’s latest works, lovingly shaped, and burnished to...
Perversion
In thinking about the conditions the Flood story conveys about humanity, our own culture may not seem quite so grim today! And yet, this is one of the...
Suffering And Sin
Some books of the Bible are easier to read and to understand than others. Finding the point of a passage from Philippians, for instance, is not too difficult....
Avenged Sevenfold
“How do you do it?” he asked Lamech, appreciation in his voice. Lamech preened, ” Yeah, not bad, huh? I liked Adah, she’s a pretty girl, but…” and...
"What Have You Done..."
“Sure,” Abel had said, surprised and eager he’d warrented any attention at all from Cain. From a small, delicate boy, he’d grown into a thin, well-proportioned...
Desire
Cain had glowered with hatred and seething jealousy as Abel joyfully received God’s favor, the smoke of his sacrifice rising heavenward in rich plumes, as Cain’s...
An Offering Acceptable...
So, Cain, the little man brought forth into the world with God’s help, and little Abel, the frail boy whose life held no meaning for his parents,...