Tag Archives: Creation

IS THE WORLD MEDIOCRE? Romans 1:19-21.

Did God give us a hum-drum, mediocre world? Does He get an A or maybe a B or a C? Is our reaction to the world “meh”? Or have we grown accustomed to a world of STAGGERING beauty? I walked outside this morning at dawn. Golden sunlight was blazing sideways, setting on fire every bladeContinue reading “IS THE WORLD MEDIOCRE? Romans 1:19-21.”

Boss.

JOB was a boss.  He owned fantastic wealth.  The Bible calls him “the greatest man among all the peoples of the East” 1:3.  He understood lawsuits; he knew how to secure justice.  When young men saw him they backed away, older men stood, city officials and noblemen stopped talking.  “Men listened to me with expectation,Continue reading “Boss.”

THE PARADE OF THE ANIMALS. Genesis 2:19-20.

Twice the Bible records the same miracle: all the animals line up in parade formation and march.  How many paintings are there in Sunday schools and doctors’ offices showing animals streaming toward the S.S. Noah, beasts of every shape and size, calmly moving in neat lines, more well-behaved than shoppers on Black Friday? But thatContinue reading “THE PARADE OF THE ANIMALS. Genesis 2:19-20.”