Genesis: the Bible’s story begins

The book of Genesis is the first book of the Bible, and opens with one of the most famous first sentences of any literary work: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” It’s where we find the famous stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and...

The 8 people God calls by name … twice

The Bible is brimming with strange, intriguing, and sometimes LOL-worthy tidbits like this. God calls plenty of people in the Bible, but I’ve only found eight times he calls out to individuals by name twice in a row … Abraham! Abraham! God gives Abraham one last...