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Creation and Recreation

Why Genesis 1 Is Indispensable to the Whole Bible
Some passages of Scripture are foundational in the strictest sense: without them, everything built on top collapses. Genesis 1:1-25 is such a passage.
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The Triune Creator and His Powerful Word

Three Things Genesis 1 Reveals About God
The opening verse of Genesis is one of the most consequential sentences ever written: ‘In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.’
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Where Do We Come From?

Genesis 1 and the Questions Every Person Asks
In 1897, the French painter Paul Gauguin, living in Tahiti, completed his most monumental work. He titled it — in three searching questions — Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
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When God Keeps His Promises

Covenant Faithfulness and Providence in Exodus 1–2
Life was as bleak as it could be for Israel. A Pharaoh who ‘did not know Joseph’ had come to power (Exod 1:8).
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God’s Unseen Architecture

How Exodus 1–2 is Built and What It Tells Us
At first glance, the opening chapters of Exodus might seem like a rapid and somewhat breathless series of events: a rising population, a paranoid Pharaoh, brave midwives, a desperate mother, a basket on the Nile, and a princess who breaks the rules. But beneath the surface of this narrative lies a carefully and brilliantly constructed literary structure, one that rewards close attention and rewards it richly.
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Reading Exodus Rightly

Liberation Theology, Human Experience, and the Word of God
The Book of Exodus has inspired generations of oppressed peoples. From enslaved Africans in the cotton fields who sang ‘Let my people go,’ to liberation theologians in Latin America and Africa who argued that Moses was the patron saint of all freedom fighters, Exodus has been a rallying text for those who yearn for justice.
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The Ultimate Good

Conformity to Christ and the Purpose of God's Saving Work
What is the ultimate good? What is the highest purpose toward which all of God's goodness aims? Contemporary culture would answer with words like happiness, self-fulfillment, or personal peace.
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Christ the Good Shepherd

The Heart of God's Saving Goodness
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Beyond Human Goodness

The Perfect Unity and Generosity of God's Character
When we call someone ‘good,’ we usually mean something like this: they try hard, have noble intentions, and generally succeed in doing what's right. But this is not what the Bible means when it calls God good.
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The Perfect Trinity

God's Blessed Life of Love as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
‘God is the Blessed One because he is at rest in the fullness of his perfections,’ wrote Herman Bavinck. ‘He is blessed in himself as the sum of all goodness, of all perfection.’
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3. Self-Denial and Lasting Joy

The Paradox at the Heart of the Kingdom
All the above grounds and reinforces a striking conviction: that radical self-denial is the true path to genuine and lasting joy (Heb 12:2). This may be the most counterintuitive aspect of Jesus' teaching and the most difficult for our contemporary culture to accept. We are told constantly that self-fulfillment, self-expression, and self-assertion are the keys to happiness. Jesus teaches the opposite: self-denial is the route to lasting joy.
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2. No Fear

How Jesus Destroys Our Ultimate Enemy
Because Jesus reigns over all in the kingdom of God, death itself may be faced with calm assurance (Luke 12:4; John 8:51). This is among the most radical claims of the Christian faith — not merely that death is not the end, but that death has been fundamentally defeated and need no longer inspire terror in those who belong to Christ.
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