The Genesis story of creation is unique. It explains the presence of evil in a world where there is only one God. Through it, we learn that humans aren't helpless victims of a clash between gods. Instead, we see how humans acting as would-be gods cause the world to go haywire. We have no one…

The first chapter of the Bible says that human beings are made in the image of God. This is a curious turn of phrase that often doesn't mean much to modern readers. Ancient creation stories always ended with the God creating a temple in which to be worshiped. And the last thing you would put…

If we read the news, we might get the sense that Christianity has little to say about protecting the environment. That couldn't be further from the truth. The Jewish and Christian origin story, found in Genesis 1, tells us that God makes the world and then tasks humans to look after it. So in other…