Category Archives: Bible

A warning to those who read this post. The language that follows is somewhat explicit. If discussions of sex offend you, then you might want to skip this blog post. Of course, you might also want to make a point … Continue reading →

Over the next seven days, my plan (we’ll see how it works out) is to give a commentary on the biblical text called the “Song of Songs,” or sometimes, the “Song of Solomon.” I’ll start this post with a brief … Continue reading →

A commonly held opinion expressed on the internet goes more or less as follows: “The bible is a poorly translated transcription of poorly translated oral history and folk legends told by stone age goat herders plagiarized from the religious texts … Continue reading →

It can be disturbing for people to discover that the Bible, though the Word of God, is also a human document, written by human beings and subject to all the issues that afflict any human created material. Over the years, … Continue reading →

Thankfully life has a certain amount of inertia. That is, sometimes you wonder how you keep going, and the answer is that it would be considerably more difficult to stop. In general, what real choice do we have? You live … Continue reading →

Some people say, and some people think, “It’s hard to be a Christian.” But I don’t think they are corrrect. Instead, I think the Christian life is not hard at all; it is remarkably easy. Unless we decide to make … Continue reading →

If communication is going to work, the one speaking, and the listener must have something in common. That is, if I talk to you, it helps if we both communicate with the same language. That is a start, but not … Continue reading →

Critics of the Bible are odd in their treatment of it, doing things with the text that they would not likely do with other works of literature. Moreover, they tend to read the Bible very naively, accepting the approach used … Continue reading →

After Judas betrayed Jesus, Jesus was taken away to face a kangaroo court. Peter followed Jesus, perhaps thinking that somehow, someway he’d be able to rescue him. Peter had told Jesus earlier that very evening that even if everyone else … Continue reading →

Traditionally, Job has been dated to the time of the patriarchs, with some commentators arguing that it is the earliest book of the Bible. Those who argue this way offer the following reasons for their position: 1. Job’s sacrifices were … Continue reading →