Seth: The Ordinary Birth of an Extraordinary Child & Harbinger of Things to Come

"And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew." Genesis 4:25 This is a text for all seasons, but, in a special way, it is a text for this time of the year, when the church reflects upon the coming and birth of the woman's great promised Seed -- the coming of the Dragon-slayer. It is a passage easily overlooked. It is dressed in such common garb -- a man "knew" his wife "again,"...