The Eden Paradox: Innocence, Knowledge, and the Shape of Redemption
The opening chapters of Genesis describe a world that is good—unbroken, unashamed, and at peace. Adam and Eve walk with God. There is no fear, no death, no suffering, no loss. Scripture calls this creation “very good.”
In this Reading
- Eden as Innocence, Not Completion
- The Knowledge of Good and Evil as Experience
- Gratitude, Love, and the Role of Contrast
- Was the Fall “Necessary”? A Careful Distinction
- Why Eden Is Not the End of the Story
- Obedience Versus Chosen Love
- Thanksgiving as the Language of Redemption
- Holding the Eden Paradox Faithfully