How important is it
for people to understand what “good”
and “evil” mean? For those of us with
Christian Biblical Heritages, evil is a
very important word. In the King
James Version of the Bible the word “evil”
appears 613 times. “Good”
appears 720 times. I found this very interesting, because I heard a lot
more about evil than I did about good in the church my family attended when
I was growing up. That really stood out at the end of every church service when
“the invitation” was given. It was an
opportunity for “lost” people
to be “saved.” Why were they
lost and why did they need to be saved? Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/a38b5c20c334/who-created-good-and-evil
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
The Home: The Creator's Training Center
When the Creator created the
Heavens and the Earth in the first story in Genesis, He created one institution
to govern it. It was not a religious or political institution.
It
was the family.
Before He created humans He
provided all of their basic requirements of life. Continue reading at --
https://mailchi.mp/278c2fd24755/the-home-the-creators-training-center
https://mailchi.mp/278c2fd24755/the-home-the-creators-training-center
Monday, December 30, 2019
Two Very Different Views of and Responses to Good and Evil
In
my earlier email “Good
Parents or Warriors Fighting a Cosmic Battle?” I pointed out that my
church had taught me this:
The story of The Garden of Eden
is about a cosmic battle between God and Satan.
The
ancient Hebrew text teaches something very different:
The story about two people
who did what a talking snake told them instead of doing TOV!
The
events in the Garden in Eden, when viewed in the context of the first two
stories in Genesis, reveal the two
extremes of human actions. Read
the rest of the story at --
Thursday, December 26, 2019
Why the Maccabees Aren’t in the Bible.
The
books that tell the Hanukkah tale didn't make it into the Hebrew Bible -- but
they are in the Catholic one. The First
and Second Books of Maccabees contain the the earliest references to the
story of Hanukkah and the rededication of the Temple. And yet,
they are missing from the Hebrew Bible.
Read the rest of the story at --
Monday, December 23, 2019
Good Parents or Warriors Fighting a Cosmic Battle?
The
Story of the Garden in Eden was
intended to be read in light of the instructions given in the Story of the Creation of the Heaven and
Earth.
●
The unnamed Creator in the first story made a man and woman at the same time, blessed
them and instructed them.
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Yahweh made a man and a woman at different times and places – and only gave the man a commandment.
Read
the rest of the story at:
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Words, Beliefs, Thoughts and Behaviors
Thirty-nine
years ago I prayed this prayer:
“God show me what words in my Bible You want me to read.”
The
following popped into my head immediately:
“Unless you know how words work you can’t understand one word of the
Bible.”
Today,
I know two very important things about “how
words work.” Continue reading at:
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Incorporate the Amazing Power of the Creator’s TOV Standard in Your Life!
The
Bible contains a lot of very valuable wisdom principles. At the top of list of biblical
books with the most important wisdom principles is the book of Genesis. And of all the stories in Genesis, the most valued wisdom of all
is found in the first story.
An unnamed god created Heaven and Earth.
The
first wisdom lesson in this story is this:
If your “creator” has a name it may or may not be this
god.
Measure your god by this Creator’s standard.
What is the Creator’s
standard?
It is the TOV Standard. In the
first story in the Bible (Genesis 1:1-2:4a), human life is the highest value and the primary purpose behind everything the Creator said, created, made
or did. Continue reading at --
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