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Category: Genesis

Belief, Bible Study, Genesis, Old Testament, Tanakh

On the Origin of Navels and Other Things

20 February 2020 Michael Bevel

Did Adam and Eve have navels is a silly question. But this navel question has troubled theologians forever, because each question comes value-packed with a bunch of other questions, too.

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Bible Study, Genesis, Old Testament, Tanakh

Abraham & Isaac

19 February 2020 Michael Bevel

Once upon a time, in the Bible, God and Abraham were having a conversation. God was explaining how he needed to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham was explaining how he shouldn’t do it.

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Belief, Bible Study, Genesis, Old Testament, Tanakh

Lot & His Daughters, or, Hospitality Gone Terribly Wrong

12 February 2020 Michael Bevel

Imagine. You are fleeing your home. You are fleeing your life. Something extraordinarily violent and horrible and utterly destructive is happening to your city where maybe you had friends. Maybe you had a favorite place to watch the sunset while eating figs. Maybe one of your daughters, or cats, or whoever, is left behind.

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Belief, Bible Study, Genesis, God, Old Testament, Seeking

Evil

10 February 2020 Michael Bevel

Roxanne asked about evil. I'll tell you now, at the beginning, to save you time if you thought I was going to be able to answer this question: I don't know how to answer this question. I don't know what to do about evil.

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