Genesis 1:1-2

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God..."

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God...."

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

"The earth was formless and empty, and darkness covered the deep waters. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters."

Inspirational illustration of Genesis 1:1 -- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

E-card about the creation story: In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth. - Genesis 1:1

The biblical account is unique among the creation stories of its time. Spare in detail, Genesis speaks with understated elegance and lofty grandeur. Lois Tverberg reminds us how the Bible begins and that in Hebrew, this very first sentence of the Scriptures reminds us that mysteries will remain for us about God, the One Who Is more.

Perspective gained from a view of earth from space. Phillip Morrison writes about the Apollo 8 moon orbit and the famous earthrise photo taken by the astronauts orbiting the moon in what otherwise would have been a disastrous year for America.

Can you drown out all the noise and simply listen for the Creator's voice in the Bible's first chapter? Phil Ware continues his series of messages based on the sea passages of the Bible, called Saved at Sea, this post is called Something Beautiful, Someone Good.

Did he completely miss the target? Rubel Shelly challenges some of the assertions of Stephen Hawking's latest booklet.

Do you choose darkness or light? God wants to place his light inside of us. He wants to make us shine brighter than the sun.