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Stimulating theology is an oxymoron for most people. "Theology" sounds like something for the severely intellectual, full of complicated ideas that escape the typical Christian reader. In reality, theology is meant to enhance our understanding of God. Most of the words that make up the Christian vocabulary are common words, drawn from the realities of life, and therefore are easily applicable to...

WHEN GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS and the earth, He saw that it was good. After creating the creatures of the sea and the birds, He blessed them (Gen. 1:22). He made a man and a woman in His own image and blessed them (1:28), and after the six days of creation He set apart the seventh day and blessed it (2:2–3). Blessing is enrichment of something beyond its normal quality (Allen P. Ross, Creation and Blessing [Grand Rapids: Baker, 1988], 66). Enrichment can relate to material things such as