Relevant Verses: Genesis 3

Theme: Theme: A Fractured World

Leading Question: Was it really a question of picking and eating the wrong kind of fruit?

Genesis 3 is an exceptionally rich story, full of irony and ambiguity about a world of loss and pain and death, but also a story with the promise for a restored world at its very core.

First, it is important to note that the identification of Genesis 3 as the “fall of humanity” and “fall into sin” cannot be interpreted with terminology and concepts specific to sin. The word “sin” is not mentioned anywhere, neither the word “fall.” ...