The tide of doubt in parenting is crushing at times until I’m reminded of the limitations of even perfect parenting.
I think of God birthing his children, naming his boy and girl, walking in the Garden with them. I imagine him planting those delicious trees, providing food enough. I see him talking with Adam and Eve… 
Posts Tagged ‘genesis’
Even Perfect Parents
Answering Elijah (Part 4)
Elijah, judging from the comments on these posts, or the lack thereof, it looks like it might just be you and me still reading them! Moving along…more quickly now.
For those of you just joining us, Elijah is a seminary student and blogger at Fuller Theological who’s asked me, as part of an assignment, what the…
Answering Elijah (Part 3)
Elijah, thanks again for the chance to think through what the bible says about “mission” – and to do it out loud like this.
The rest of you, if you’re just tuning in…First we talked about love, then Eden, and now flood insurance and the pursuit of fame.
The Great Flood
Mankind and his depravity multiplied after Eden…
Answering Elijah (Part 2)
Elijah, you’ve asked me what biblical foundation I have for my mission theology. Dude, that’s a tough one. Because my biblical foundation is the bible. All of it.
Like handkerchiefs up a magician’s sleeve, any single missional passage I could cite is tied to another, and that to another, and another……
God Most High
I’m substitute teaching Genesis 15 this Sunday at my home church. When I study to teach I use quite a few sources and never know which ones God will use to get through my busy head and slow heart.
This week a sermon by John Piper, a commentary by Walter Brueggemann and a bible study by…
Satisfaction
GENESIS 2:2-3 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Omnipotent, all-powerful, eternal-well-of-strength God…
About Shaun — Shaun Groves is a communicator who’s known by a lot of titles: Singer/songwriter. Speaker. Blogger. Husband. Daddy. Friend. He feels and thinks deeply and laughs easily. And he’s helping Christians discover what they were saved for, and being a voice for children around the world, desperate to be saved from poverty.
