Author Archives: dave

Adam’s Legacy … Adam and Eve introduced to humanity an age of reason based on a self-determined standard of good and evil. —>(Genesis 3:6 NLT) The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked … Continue reading →

Message Title: Our Post-Eden World: Acceptance! Message Text: Genesis 4   Probably my greatest discovery from our Genesis study thus far. Studying God’s creative work is powerful and inspiring, but I don’t know that I have discovered anything really new … Continue reading →

“God, who do you think you are?” I am El Shaddai … “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless.” (Genesis 17:1 ESV) And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. (Genesis 35:11 … Continue reading →

Message Title: Our Post-Eden World: The Image of God, Version 2.0 Message Text: 1 Peter 2:9, Genesis 1:26-27, 5:1 & Selected  

(Isaiah 9:2 ESV) The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. (1 Peter 2:9 ESV) But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a … Continue reading →

The Depravity of Man: Will the real you please stand up? In the beginning we were created in God’s image. This did not disappear when we rebelled but it was tarnished and corrupted. Our physical beauty, our intelligence and our … Continue reading →

Why are bad people so good and good people so bad? Bad people are good and good people are bad because we all are both bad and good. We are depraved, born bad to the bone and in the image … Continue reading →

    Many pretend and live in worlds fashioned from their own perceived reality of right and wrong, good and evil, life and death. Create our own story so to speak. This approach has its roots in the original disobedience … Continue reading →

This is the divine verdict: Light came into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light. A battle began about 6,000 years ago in the Garden of Eden. Humans decided that they didn’t need to listen only … Continue reading →

We are lost. To be lost means to be unable to find one’s way; not knowing one’s whereabouts; having gone astray or having missed the way; bewildered as to place or direction—[a little bit like coming out of Walmart and … Continue reading →