Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to header Skip to footer

Letters & Conversations

Letters

From the May 1997 issue of The Christian Science Journal


The awakening interest in the book of Genesis has been apparent in several newsmagazines and in Bill Moyers's series on public television in the United States. I find this very exciting. As a devoted student of the Bible, I was interested in watching the first program, which aired a variety of opinions from a variety of religious backgrounds concerning the story of Cain and Abel.

I was truly amazed that no one touched upon what I feel is the most essential point of the Bible! That is the dynamic message, the golden thread that runs throughout its precious pages of the superiority of spiritual power over any belief in a power opposed to God. That thread begins with the acceptance of the true creation story as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis, in which God saw everything He had made as very good.

Many Bible scholars agree that there are definitely two distinct records of creation presented in Genesis. Chapter one reveals the true, spiritual record, which can be used as a liftoff station of thoughtful prayer that leads to receptivity to the creator's guidance. From the fourth verse in chapter two the record becomes fuzzy, misty, unclear. It is a mortally viewed picture that leads to confused, frustrated, opinionated thinking if accepted as true.

Sign up for unlimited access

You've accessed 1 piece of free Journal content

Subscribe

Subscription aid available

 Try free

No card required

More In This Issue / May 1997

concord-web-promo-graphic

Explore Concord—see where it takes you.

Search the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures