The Bible Speaks Today

And it seemed to me that Genesis has to be seen in the whole context of scripture.

And so the argument, uh, uh, of the book of, um, the Bible Speaks Today, uh, Creation, is to look at Genesis i-i-in terms of its own genre and to see it in the light also of all of the other passages about creation.

And I would suggest humbly that if we had, if-- Andrew, if you had the writer of Genesis here as an interview guest, which would be far more interesting than me, and you asked them, "How old is the universe?" I think the writer of Genesis would probably say, "To be honest, I'm not really interested in that.

What I'm interested in is that you understand that the God who created the universe is amazing, great, and powerful.

The prophet is stirring the nation to keep going with the restoration of the temple because it will lead to the tangible presence of God with his people.

Robert Fyle in the Bible Speaks Today, his commentary puts it like this.

Action without reflection is usually unwise, but reflection without action is sterile.

Which one do you tend towards? Are you one if you're brutally honest and you think, I'm always doing doing, but I don't stop and think.