Gen 4 -12 An introduction to Cain and Abel From BI-101-A Introduction to Hebrew Bible In Genesis 4 – 12 we see issues of trust and choices made in context of human relationships, increasing human strife and deterioration of human family. Alongside this picture, we also see God’s continuing passionate relationship with us God keeps asking the characters “Where are you” Genesis 4: murder, sibling rivalry, deceit The brother problem continues throughoutREAD MORE
Context Matters: Re-reading for liberation: For years the dominate culture has tried to make to promote one, right reading of the Bible. As a result, people who have been marginalized have struggled to find their identity in the biblical text, or have done so in ways that are oppressive. Gender, racial, and ethnic stereotypes are pervasive in our society as a result of particular readings of scripture. What does it mean forREAD MORE
Minister Yolonda Norton addresses the issue that "Well behaved women rarely make history." Harriett Tubman, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marian Wright Edelman, Hillary Clinton; these women all have a mark in history because they refused to bow down to conventional standards of the world and decided instead to stand up for what they believed to be right. Norton also shows how these women mirrored the actions of overlooked women in TheREAD MORE
