Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Garden -- Part 2\n Genesis 2:7-8\n 07\/16\/2024\n\n\n 7 Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the\n ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath\n of life, and the man became a living creature.\n 8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the\n east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.\n (ESV)\n\n If Charles Darwin is correct, if humans are an accident of\n genetic mutations, then there is nothing inherently superior\n about mankind. Yes, we can use tools, but lesser forms of life\n use tools. Yes, we can communicate, but lesser forms of life\n communicate. But do lesser forms of life understand history, or\n geography, or even ask the question, ``Why am I here?''\n\n ``Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground\n and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man\n became a living creature. And the LORD God planted a garden in\n Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.''\n\n Unlike every other being, God made a deliberate plan for\n humans. He formed us out of the dust, and breathed into us more\n than a life force. He gave us a perfect will, perfect intellect,\n and a perfect mind. But the image of God is more than the will,\n intellect, and mind, it is the holiness of living without sin,\n without the fear of death, and without shame.\n\n God created us, not only to be another creature to populate\n this planet, but to be the caretakers of nature, the stewards of\n creation, and to properly use all of His rich blessings. Adam's\n labor was a joy, and perfectly satisfying. Working was not a\n chore, but something to be embraced, a desire to create and to\n take care of everything entrusted to us by God. God created us\n also to acknowledge Him and to respect Him in all things. But\n this did not last.\n\n May our Lord grant us the faith which sees His love, grace,\n and mercy even as He cares for our needs of body and soul. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 16, 2024 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2094\/revisions\/2095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}