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Genesis 1:1

The Beginning of Creation

1:1In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Economic Systems"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Economic Systems
TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Evolution & Intelligent Design"
Biblical Reference / Education / Evolution & Intelligent Design
TOPIC OVERVIEW: "Mapping the Terrain—Environmentalism"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Leviticus 19:35-36) -- "Markets & Morality"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Greed
(Genesis 11:1-8) -- "The City of Man and the Verdict of God"
Biblical Reference / Corruption / Idolatry
(Genesis 2:4-7, 15) -- "God's Work in God's Way in God's World"
Biblical Reference / Economics / Economic Systems
(Genesis 1:5) -- "The Days of Creation and Scientific Credibility"
Biblical Reference / Education / Evolution & Intelligent Design
(Genesis 6:6-7) -- "Does 'Intelligent Design' = 'Perfect World'?"
Biblical Reference / Education / Evolution & Intelligent Design
(1 Corinthians 15:3-5) -- "Keep the Main Things Main!"
Biblical Reference / Education / Evolution & Intelligent Design
(Genesis 1:27) -- "Male and Female He Created Them"
Biblical Reference / Family / Homosexuality & Transgenderism
(Genesis 1:28; 2:19a, 20b-25) -- "Ish and Ishshah"
Biblical Reference / Family / Marriage & Family
(Genesis 1:26; 2:8, 15) -- "Environmentalism Done Right"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Genesis 2:19-20) -- "What’s in a Name?"
Biblical Reference / Government / Environmentalism
(Genesis 9:5-7) -- "Executing Justice"
Biblical Reference / Government / Punishment
(Genesis 1:27-28) -- "Contraceptive Culture"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
(Malachi 2:15a) -- "Godly Marriages Seek Godly Offspring"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
(Genesis 1:11) -- "Each According to Its Kind"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
(Genesis 3:5-6) -- "Wasted Opportunity or Wise Obedience?"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
(Genesis 5:1-3) -- "Fathered Not Manufactured"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
(1 Corinthians 15:26) -- "Loving the Enemy"
Biblical Reference / Sanctity of Life / Euthanasia & Suicide
(Genesis 9:5-7) -- "Executing Justice"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Justice
(Genesis 2:4-7; 15) -- "God's Work in God's Way in God's World"
Biblical Reference / Virtue / Work Ethic
"The Old Testament on Stamps"
Historical Precedents / Government / Church & State
"Hijacking St. Francis of Assisi" -- [c. 1181 – 1226]
Historical Precedents / Government / Environmentalism
"Contraception, Procreation, and the Early Church: A Critical Perspective" -- [2nd Century]
Historical Precedents / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
"When Pronatalism Is a Problem"
Historical Precedents / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
"Letter to the Bishop" -- Robert A. J. Gagnon (1958 - )
Quotations & Writings / Church / The Church in Decline
"The First Christian Abolitionist" -- Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330 - c. 395)
Quotations & Writings / Church / The Pastor, Culture & Public Duty
"Dominion over Lions Easier than over Oneself" -- Basil of Caesarea (c. 329 - 379)
Quotations & Writings / Church / Spiritual Disciplines
"The First Christian Abolitionist" -- Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330 - c. 395)
Quotations & Writings / Corruption / Prejudice
"Letter to the Bishop" -- Robert A. J. Gagnon (1958 - )
Quotations & Writings / Family / Homosexuality & Transgenderism
"PCA Statement on Marriage and Sexuality" -- (June 17, 2004)
Quotations & Writings / Family / Homosexuality & Transgenderism
"What Does It Mean to 'Fill and Subdue' the Earth?" -- Rowland Moss (1928 – 1993)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Environmentalism
"The Lesser Lords" -- John R. W. Stott (1921 – 2011)
Quotations & Writings / Government / Environmentalism
"Be Fruitful and Multiply!" -- Martin Luther (1483 - 1546)
Quotations & Writings / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
"God Is Not in Charge, We Are" -- Robert Edwards (1925 - )
Quotations & Writings / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
"'To Express Our Abhorrence'" -- Southern Baptist Convention (2001)
Quotations & Writings / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
"We Genuinely Repent" -- Southern Baptist Convention (1995)
Quotations & Writings / Virtue / Repentance
"Work as the Christian Calling" -- Paul Helm (1940 - )
Quotations & Writings / Virtue / Work Ethic
"Does 'Intelligent Design' = 'Perfect World?'"
Current Trends / Education / Evolution & Intelligent Design
"The Biblical Marriage Worldview"
Current Trends / Family / Marriage & Family
KJ Quick-Take: "A Call for Christian Discernment about the Environment" -- [2006]
Current Trends / Government / Environmentalism
KJ Quick-Take: "Reservations about 'The Evangelical Climate Initiative'" -- [2006]
Current Trends / Government / Environmentalism
"Four Environmentalisms"
Current Trends / Government / Environmentalism
"Textbook Honors 'Mother Earth,' Dishonors Father God"
Current Trends / Government / Environmentalism
"'Eggsploitation' of Women through Egg Donation"
Current Trends / Sanctity of Life / Contraception & Fertility
Human-Cow Embryos: Carrying Hybrids from Newcastle"
Current Trends / Sanctity of Life / Stem-Cell Research, Cloning & Biotechnology
"Christian 'Leisure' Ethic"
Current Trends / Virtue / Work Ethic
"To Whom Will You Listen?"
Insight
"Christianity as an Interventionist Religion"
Insight