Garden of Eden
Where Satan came from, and other key events between the two Testaments
By Jana Riess — September 21, 2017
(RNS) — Ever wonder why the Old and New Testaments are so different? Scholar Philip Jenkins helps us understand the crucial age between the writing of the two.
Garden of Eden exhibit takes artists back to where it all began
By Chris Herlinger — August 5, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Even with archetypes that are so well-known, the themes contained in Genesis about the storied paradise where it all began can still capture the imagination of contemporary artists, who find in it new echoes, meanings and insights.
In Missouri, Mormons see Adam’s fall after Garden of Eden and Jesus’ return
By Tim Townsend — September 18, 2012
DAVIESS COUNTY, Mo. (RNS) To non-Mormons, it sounds odd that a bluff on a bend 124 feet above the Grand River represents to 15 million faithful both the beginning and end of human time. Mormon doctrine makes reference to the place as the site where Adam and Eve went after God banished them from the Garden of Eden. It's also regarded as a gathering place for the faithful at the second coming of Jesus Christ. By Tim Townsend.
Is work a punishment from God?
By Daniel Burke — August 30, 2012
(RNS) On the first Monday of September, America honors working stiffs by taking a paid day off. But does Labor Day celebrate an enterprise that God invented as a punishment? By Daniel Burke.
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