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Commentaries on the Pentateuch: Genesis is unavailable, but you can change that!

There is no separation of history and theology in Genesis, nor in all the Bible. Our choice is between God and chance, between total meaning and total meaninglessness. Genesis is the starting point of sound theology because it declares God to be the Creator and therefore the determiner of all things. Without this premise, Christianity begins to disintegrate. The restoration of a strong faith...

Faith in creation by God’s sovereign act means that the triune God is Lord and Sovereign over all, with all things dependent on His providence and grace. God the Creator is not an outsider to our lives; in Him we live, and move, and have our being. Every atom of our being is His creation, and He is closer to us than we are to ourselves. Our history moves in Him and in terms of His decree, so that all things serve His purpose and glory. All history works out the purpose and decrees of God. Only the
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