Genesis – Mastering Sin

Genesis 4:7 – “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
NLT says “But you must subdue it and be its master.”
KJV says “And unto thee shall be [...]

SATs of the Sin Cycle

A pattern that best encapsulates how sin arises: (Based on Gen. 3:6, 6:2)
- See (Eve “saw the fruit”, the sons of God “saw the daughters of man”)
- Attractive/Good (“tree was good for food…delight to the eyes”, “daughters of man were attractive”)
- Take (“she took of its fruit and ate”, “took as their wives any [...]

Genesis – In the beginning… was NapkinWritings

Just setting up a place for discussion on Genesis. I know we’ve only read chapters 1-3 so far, so you might not have much to talk about yet, but feel free to drop a comment, introduce yourself in the author’s section, etc.

Introduction to Bible In 2 Years

Question: What are we doing again?
Answer: We are reading the Bible, specifically the NIV translation over a period of 2 years. We took a standard 1 year bible reading plan and assigned each reading amount to two days instead of one. A few of us tried to read the MSG translation last year [...]