Quotes about Author
And here is the bigger point of all this: How the Bible addresses this one topic of child rearing is a window onto how inadequate (and truly unbiblical) a rulebook view of the Bible as a whole is.
— Peter Enns
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.
— Genesis 5:1
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
— Genesis 9:26
From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
— Genesis 10:5
His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
— Genesis 10:10
the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
— Genesis 10:14
Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.
— Genesis 11:32
For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
— Genesis 14:4
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
— Genesis 14:18
and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
— Genesis 14:19
And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
— Genesis 17:8
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
— Genesis 17:13