Genesis 1 wants to examine the “big picture,” the creation of all that is, including man. A reader is immediately struck by its structure: there are a series of days on which particular works ...

Last week, we left off with Days 6 and 7 of creation. Those two days are unique from the rest of the creative events cataloged in Genesis 1 and so deserve special consideration. Day 6 includes the ...

The highlight of the creation is the sixth day when humankind was created in God's image and pronounced "very good" by God. God immediately gave us dominion over the rest of creation, and then ...

The seven-day structure together with the creation of a sourceless light in Genesis 1.3 has lifted Israel's sights above the ancient religions and their infatuation with the natural rhythms of time ...

Or, chaos theory "finds an ancient precedent in Genesis as an essential, constructive part of creation's evolving order." The "days" of creation, on the other hand, cannot be so readily linked with ...

The rationale of the brief biblical creation narrative we read in Genesis may be to teach us that its goal reached -- on its ...

In that case, Genesis 1:1 reads, “In the beginning of God’s creating of the heavens and the earth.” That doesn’t imply creation out of nothing.

Not long ago a pastor friend called, asking for help. “I’m preaching through Genesis 1–11,” he said, “and I need some advice on the whole creation and evolution thing.” There was ...