Creation Archives - The Story And The Shape

Did The Thief On The Cross Go To Heaven? (Pt 3) Paradise In The New Creation

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Did the thief on the cross next to Jesus go to heaven? No, I don’t think he did, as I explained in part one of this series, read that first if you haven’t yet. In this post I’m going to present a third interpretation of Jesus’ words to the thief, one that I believe makes much better sense than interpretations #1 and #2, and lines up much better with the larger storyline of the whole Bible. And it’s actually in looking at how it fits into the larger storyline of the whole Bible that makes how we interpret this story so important.My wife asked me the other day why I was even doing this series. If you’ve seen my video introducing my YouTube channel, I talk about being interested in the Big Story of the Bible and Christianity, hence the name “The STORY And The Shape”. And so she was wondering why I would go from talking about the Big Story to suddenly focussing in on this little story of just a few verses, which only appears in one out of the 4 gospels.And she has a point. I mean sure it’s an interesting topic, but this is a bit of […]

Creation In Genesis: The Facts

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Is the creation account in Genesis factual? If it isn’t, can it be considered true? Whose rules are we playing by?

Back To The Beginning…

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We got problems with our feet I started having back problems fairly young, making regular trips to the chiropractor when I was still in primary school. In my teens I started having serious issues with my knees. And by my early 20’s I was getting pain in my hips so bad that that sometimes I was nearly crippled. Throw in some regular neck pain and you’ve got an otherwise fit and healthy young man getting pretty anxious about his body falling apart way too early. Turns out, it was all because of my feet. Both of my feet are a bit flat, but the right one is worse, resulting in me standing lopsided and my joints and soft tissue holding more of my bodyweight instead of my skeleton. Issues with my feet created issues with my knees, which created issues with my hips, which created issues with my spine… which created issues with my shoulders, which created issues with my neck. Now I wear orthotics, and life is much better! Modern Christianity has a bit of a problem with it’s feet. There are several issues with the way we tell the Story at the start, and those issues compound to […]