In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 NIV) There is a question that curious minds sometimes ask, the kind of question a child might ask at bedtime or a philosopher might wrestle with for a lifetime: What was happening before God created the world? What filled God’s time and His heart before He created everything? It turns out, this is not a question to avoid. It is a question that, when pursued honestly through Scripture, leads to some of th

And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.” … And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to t

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to public disgrace. (Hebrews 6:4-6 NIV) There is a question that quietly haunts many sincere believers, one that surfaces in

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits… (1 Peter 3:18-19 NIV) There is a question that has stirred the curiosity of Christians for centuries, one that sits quietly in the middle of the Apostles' Creed, tucked between the crucifixion and the resurrection. It is a question that ma

On Hearing the Spirit