Tag Archives: sin

From the beginning of creation, the Lord was intent on passing on his kingship to the man and woman He would form. After making the earth, bodies of water, day and night, and all kinds of plant and animal life, God made Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were not ...

Imagine yourself in a beautiful, safe place of love. It is a place you feel valued and able to do anything. You are free to be creative and to be yourself. That place of love is where God intends for you to live. My heart-felt prayer is that you know what ...

The house looked forgotten after 30 years sitting empty; a heap of ruins against the  afternoon sky.    Screens loosed from the front porch windows waved to us in the breeze, and  man-sized holes caved in parts of  the roof. Junk rested tiredly against the sides of the house. The beehive ...

Paul gave these instructions to the church at Ephesus: “‘Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil” (Ephesians 4:26-27). The first statement—“Be angry, and do not sin”—comes from Psalm 4:4 and indicates that it is possible ...

We all know the story of Adam and Eve. She sinned and ate the fruit of the Forbidden Tree. She coerced Adam, and he ate the fruit also. Sin, death, disease, and pain entered the world, and at the root of these problems is Eve. I have never liked her, ...