Genesis, Vol. 1: Creation and Fall
Overview
What can we gain from studying the Book of Genesis? According to James Montgomery Boice, starting at the beginning of everything causes us to think about God and to understand ourselves as fallen, yet redeemable. This knowledge not only deepen our understanding of the Christian faith but also enhances our ability to impart the gospel's truth to a world desperately in need of it.
The first in a three-volume series on the Book of Genesis, Creation and Fall shows how the story of redemption--essentially all of Scripture--has no significance apart from the story of creation and fall. These first eleven chapters of Genesis establish the relationship of God to the cosmos and to all peoples of the earth.
Top Highlights
“The third element involved in man’s being made in God’s image is spirituality, meaning that man is made for communion with God, who is Spirit (John 4:24), and that this communion is intended to be eternal as God is eternal.” (Page 91)
“What does the fruit symbolize? It symbolizes the fact that, although the man and woman had maximum freedom and dominion in the earth, they were nevertheless God’s creatures and enjoyed their freedom and exercised their dominion as a result of God’s gift. It was a restraint on them. It was to remind them that they were not God and that they were responsible to him.” (Page 165)
“First, when Genesis begins with the words ‘In the beginning God,’ it is telling us that God is self-existent” (Page 29)
“We are inadequate for such things. If we would master sin, we must first be mastered by him who mastered it. We must be the Master’s.” (Page 253)
“First, there is an indication that God saw Cain in whatever state he was in.” (Page 252)
Dr. Boice's commentary series is a treasure for the church and for her pastors. No expository preacher can afford to be without it.
—R. C. Sproul
- Title: Genesis, Vol. 1: Creation and Fall
- Author: James Montgomery Boice
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 1998
- Pages: 464
James Montgomery Boice (July 7, 1938–June 15, 2000) was a Reformed theologian and pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1968 until his death. He received degrees from Harvard University, Princeton Theological Seminary, University of Basel in Switzerland and Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
Boice served as senior pastor of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was president and cofounder of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, the parent organization of The Bible Study Hour radio broadcast on which Boice was a speaker for more than 30 years. He also served as chairman of the International Council of Biblical Inerrancy for over ten years.
Boice’s 27-volume Expositional Commentary set reflects his years of experience in the pulpit. He also authored Foundations of the Christian Faith which provides a readable overview of Christian theology.
