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Genesis 3:7 – How famine unbalanced masculine and feminine
The famine of the Fall profoundly unbalanced the human psyche. Masculine aspects were amplified by the all-consuming quest for food, while feminine aspects were avoided, denigrated, punished and repressed to…
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John 14:6 – Humans are three-centred beings
John 14:6 is one of the most soundbite-able quotes in that incredibly soundbite-packed work, the Book of John. In response to a question by the disciple Thomas, Jesus replies: “I…
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Revelation 12:9 – The devil, Satan and Saturn
Revelation 12:9 describes “that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.” (New International Version) Satan, the devil and ‘the enemy’* are generally used interchangeably…
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Genesis 38:9 – Onan, spilled seed, and levirate marriage
Genesis 38:9, the story of Onan spilling his seed on the ground, is one of those Bible tales that many people know, yet don’t necessarily know its context. Judah, one…
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Genesis 19 – The strange tale of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19, the account of God’s destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and Lot’s escape, is one of the best-known yet also strangest tales in the Bible. The…
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Genesis 22 – Child sacrifice was a trauma response
What are we to make of Genesis 22, God’s demand to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, his only child? In Essential Torah, George Robinson describes Genesis 22 as “the most terrifying…
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Genesis 17 – God traumatises His own creation
Genesis 17 is one of the most provocative chapters of the Bible—God’s instruction to Abraham to circumcise himself and his people as a promise of faithfulness. The Bible account relates…
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Genesis 5 – The myth of Adam as the first man
Genesis 5:1-2 states that “God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants…
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Genesis 3:16 – The rule of masculine over feminine
Genesis 3:16 records one of the critical consequences of the Fall—the domination of the masculine over the feminine which laid the patriarchal foundation for what we call civilization, and which…
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Genesis 1-2 – The Law of 7 and the process of creation
As a historical account of creation, Genesis 1-2 may seem to have has little to offer the modern world. Yet behind this frozen façade, these verses reveal one of God’s…
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