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What to Make of This Weird Bible Passage?: Gen. 6:1-4 (part 2)

Published on February 11, 2024 By sirrahc

As planned, this week continues our look at what a few of the best study Bibles have to say about Genesis 6:1-4 — the passage that first speaks of “sons of God” and the Nephilim (or giants). It is one of the most curious and hard to completely interpret passages in the Bible. Of course, […]

Three Reasons to NOT Read the Trinity into Gen. 1:26

Published on December 26, 2021 By sirrahc

This isn’t exactly a Christmas post, but it’s “Christmas-adjacent” (like Die Hard). How? It involves Scripture and the incarnation of the Son of God. In particular, the first verse in the Bible that is taken as an indication — even “proof” — of the triune nature of Yahweh. It reads, “Then God said, ‘Let us […]