Genesis 1:1 - "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1 is one of the most foundational verses in the entire Bible. Its primary focus is the basic belief that an ...

“Genesis 1 is inaccurate. Modern science reveals that the world was created over eons, not six days.” Genesis 1 uses symbolic language. “God himself created the visible world in all its richness, ...

Considering how often the Bible is characterized as a great work of literature, it is rarely read like one. Few would suggest a piecemeal approach to Crime and Punishment, jumping from chapter to ...

Early in her brand-new nonfiction book Reading Genesis, Marilynne Robinson points out that when Adam and Eve fell, God did not curse them. Yes, God cursed the ground, but he did not curse his human ...

This essay is adapted from “Reading Genesis,” Marilynne Robinson’s literary and spiritual exploration of the Bible’s defining story of birth and regeneration (happily timed for spring — the season of ...