Baptism of our Lord • Genesis 1:1–5 • January 8, 2012


Baptism of our Lord • Genesis 1:1–5 • January 8, 2012

by Jeffrey Kloha Perhaps no passage bears as much gravitas—and controversy—as Genesis 1:1. In our context, the text will immediately bring to mind the modernist “science vs. faith” controversy. The philosophical and cultural issues that prevent hearing this text are many, on both sides. And the exegetical difficulties pile up in this short section; the meaning ..