Meditation Text: Genesis 1:3–25 | Suggested Reading: Deuteronomy 4:15–40 So far we’ve been examining Genesis 1 as if it was written for us. It was, of course. The Holy Spirit inspired Moses to give all God’s people throughout the ages a revelation of himself. Still, Moses’ first readers would have been the Israelites as they […]

“Do not swear,” James tells his readers (Jas. 5:12, English Standard Version). He doesn’t mean here using words that have to do with the most private behavior of human beings—the apostle Paul covers that—but with taking spurious oaths. Today, we may hear someone say, “I swear on my mother’s grave.” That comes short of swearing […]

Have you ever encountered cereal-box theology? One day I was reading the cereal box during breakfast, and it had a graph saying, “You are EQUAL PARTS: 20% Amazing—20% Brilliant—20% Funny—20% Talented—20% Smart—and 100% AWESOME!” I felt tired just looking at it! I had been woken up several times during the night by my children. At […]