by Steve-Kroening | Aug 14, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
Genesis 3 is the chapter where death enters the story. We cannot finish this discussion without answering the most important question: What died? That is not a small thing. Up to this point, the world has been filled with life. Light breaks into darkness. Waters...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 11, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
Genesis 1 and 2 opened like sunrise. Light broke into darkness at God’s command, and the world took shape under His voice. The heavens stretched wide. The seas gathered into their places. The land rose, bloomed, and filled with life. Humanity stood upright in a garden...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 11, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
Genesis 3:24 does not end quietly. It ends with wings and flame: “He placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.” If the verses before this felt like the shutting of a great door, this verse shows us what stands...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 11, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
There are moments in Scripture that feel like the shutting of a great door. Genesis 3:22–24a is one of them. The serpent has been judged. The woman has been given pain and promise. The man has heard of dust and death. Garments have been made. Hope has flickered. And...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 11, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
There is a moment in Genesis 3 that is easy to miss if we are moving too quickly toward exile. The serpent has been sentenced. The woman has been told of pain and conflict. The man has heard the weight of the soil fall upon his shoulders and the word that echoes over...
by Steve-Kroening | Mar 10, 2026 | Book 2: Evil Corrupts the Visible
The voice that once blessed now turns and names the cost. In the garden, God had spoken light into darkness and brought order out of chaos. He had shaped the man from dust and placed him in a world that answered gladly to his care. Trees gave fruit. The ground...
