Genesis Creation Story Or Genesis Creation Stories: Does It Make A Difference In Your Story Transformation Process?
A core premise of the Story Transformation Process is that you cannot create the life you choose to create if you cannot accurately assess where you are right now.
Accurate Assessment Of Current Reality In The Creative Process
The previous posts in this series have focused on the Genesis creation stories themselves. In this post, I return to Robert Fritz’s claims in The Path of Least Resistance: Learning to Become the Creative Force in Your Own Life about accurate assessment of current reality.
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Using Midrash To Transform Creation Stories Into A Biblical Creation Story
The last post, How Many Biblical Creation Stories Are In Genesis 1-3?, ended with these words. “Rather than see Genesis 1-3 as one complete story, Genesis 1-3 are actually two examples of midrash in Hebrew tradition.”
Creation Stories
The Hebrews didn’t invent creation stories. As far as we know, every human society has its own creation stories, answering the most basic questions about the origin of the Earth we inhabit, who we are, how we got here, and what it all means. The ancient Hebrews had plenty of exposure to the creation stories of other people. Read more…
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What Kind of Bible Story Is The Biblical Creation Story?
What kind of Bible story is the biblical creation story in Genesis 1-3? The previous post, Are Bible Stories Really Stories?, identifies three distinct meanings of the word “story” in English. A “story” can be a true account of an event. A “story” can be a fictional story, which you as a reader or listener know is a work of fiction. A “story” can also refer to a lie that is represented as the truth. In the next post, we’ll come back to whether there is only one Genesis creation story or two Genesis creation stories in Genesis 1-3. Read more…
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How Biblical Exegesis and Biblical Hermeneutics Ignore Public Bible Education
Biblical exegesis and biblical hermeneutics are the most important words for Bible interpretation. Responsible Bible education needs both. Read more…
Christian Education Questions For Bad Bible Bullies: Could They Pass The Test?
Christian education for most Christians is a hit or miss process. This means that most Christians don’t know much about the Bible, or even the most basic tenets of their own religious belief. They know even less about other religions.
These are the conclusions of a recent Pew survey.
The survey released Tuesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life aimed to test a broad range of religious knowledge, including understanding of the Bible, core teachings of different faiths and major figures in religious history. The U.S. is one of the most religious countries in the developed world, especially compared to largely secular Western Europe, but faith leaders and educators have long lamented that Americans still know relatively little about religion. Read more…
Why Bible Verses Are The Greatest Enemy Of Bible Education
Bible verses are the greatest enemy of Bible education. But why? This claim flies in the face of the dominant method of religious education for Sunday schools and churches.
The reason goes back to the adage I learned in my first preaching course in theological seminary.
A text without a context is a pretext.
A Bible Verse Is Artificial
A Bible verse is an artificial thing. Nothing in the Bible originated as a Bible verse. (In another post, I’ll tell the story of how the Bible got its verses.) Read more…
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