We all know that Eve ate the apple in the Garden of Eden, so that the Fall is all her fault. Except that Genesis nowhere states that the forbidden fruit was an apple. In fact, unless climatic conditions were much different then in that region, apples would likely not have grown in the area. And Adam was with Eve in the Garden, and ate the fruit as well. What else do we know that we don't?

"Where did Cain get his wife?" can seem like more of the same, like asking "How much does green weigh?" It's a question first-graders like to ask to stump their teachers and parents. But it's actually a much better question than its critics think.

The passage begins with one of the more confusing sentences in all the Bible: "When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose" (Gen 6:1-2). Who were these "sons of God" and "daughters of men"?

Noah is the supreme example in Scripture of faith which became sight. If we'll learn from his example, we'll see his God.

If the Jews were truly God's "chosen people," how could such atrocity befall them? Why did he "choose" them? Does he still love them?

Perhaps this text has bothered you as well. God's requirement seems so unfair, so unlike a Father of love. And Abraham's faith seems so far beyond human ability. As we'll learn, both appearances are deceiving.

The book of Joshua presents most readers with a troubling question: how can a God of love command his followers to destroy an entire nation of people?