God With Us

The Garden of Pleasure

Free Will

Genesis 2:24-25

The Bereavement

Genesis 3:8-10

Fear of Judgment

Genesis 3:12-13

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When the participants were exposed to stories in which someone laid the
blame squarely on another's shoulders, they were more likely to blame
others for their own problems.

"The good news is that there are some antidotes for the blame contagion.
People in positions of authority need to own up to their responsibility in
making mistakes. The benefit here is two-fold. It will cut down on the
blame-contagion effect, and it will encourage others to admit their own
culpability."

The Promise

Genesis 3:15

Noah, Abraham

Matthew 1:23

'God’s transcendent power is not so much displayed in the

vastness of the heavens

luster of the stars

the orderly arrangement of the universe

His perpetual oversight of it

as it is in his condescension to our weak nature' (Gregory of Nyssa).

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The Life

John 6:37

Philippians 2:1-8

Self-denying love

70 x 7

Matthew 18:21-22

Go and Do Likewise

• Ask God where you may be an agent of Love
• Seek to listen to understand