Creation

The Cross Was Always Going to Be Needed

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Why did God create humanity when He knew Adam would sin? I have begun to think that the question itself starts too late. If God chose to create genuinely free beings with finite minds, capable of thinking, reasoning, loving and choosing, then the Cross was always going to be needed. From Lucifer to Eve, Adam and Cain, Scripture reveals the consequences of created freedom — and behind it all stands the Lamb, already in the purpose of God before the foundation of the world.

The Image God Refused to Abandon

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Why did God allow the Fall? Why didn’t He simply begin again? The opening chapters of Genesis raise profound questions that Scripture does not answer directly. Yet by carefully following the biblical narrative, we can glimpse something of the astonishing wisdom and love of God. These reflections are not presented as doctrine, but as reverent meditation on how Eden, the Cross and God’s purpose for humanity may be connected.

Every Child Is First a Thought in the Mind of God

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As I read Luke’s account of the birth of John the Baptist, I found myself asking a simple but profound question. If God is the Author of every human life, and if every child is known personally by Him from the very beginning, how should that change the way we look at one another? Perhaps the command to love one another begins, not with trying harder, but with learning to see people through the eyes of their Creator.

The Witness Written Into Creation

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Romans 1:20 declares that God’s invisible attributes are clearly seen through creation itself. The universe is not silent or accidental. From the mathematics of the stars to the mystery of life in a seed, creation continually points beyond itself to the eternal power and divine nature of its Creator.