Work. To work is to labor to make things grow. In subsequent chapters I will discuss work in terms of nurturing, cultivating, tending, building up, guiding, and ruling.
Keep. To keep is to protect and to sustain progress already achieved. Later I will speak of it as guarding, keeping safe, watching over, caring for, and maintaining.
Keep. To keep is to protect and to sustain progress already achieved. Later I will speak of it as guarding, keeping safe, watching over, caring for, and maintaining.
1. Taken together, these two words serve as a summary of the Bible’s mandate for masculine behavior. Men are called to be men, fulfilling our calling before God in this world: “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it” (Gen. 2:15). Our calling in life really is this simple (although not therefore easy): We are to devote ourselves to working/building and keeping/protecting everything placed into our charge
2. Our culture tells us that women should be the "nurturers." Agree or disagree? It also tells that me should be "strong and silent." Agree or disagree?
3. The author tells us that the Bible calls me to be "cultivators." Agree or disagree?
2. Our culture tells us that women should be the "nurturers." Agree or disagree? It also tells that me should be "strong and silent." Agree or disagree?
3. The author tells us that the Bible calls me to be "cultivators." Agree or disagree?