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May 2019

May 09, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Thirty-Three

Q. In your discussion of the Levitical case law where same-sex sexual activity is prohibited,...

May 08, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Thirty-Two

Q. In your last main chapter, you focus on the fact that the story of...

May 07, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Thirty-One

Q. Klaus Koch in his two volumes on the Prophets talks about God’s redemptive-judgment (he...

May 06, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Thirty

Q. I agree with you that the NT does insist that Gospel should not be...

May 05, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty Nine

Q. One question worth pondering is ‘exactly how does God fight’? It seems to me...

May 04, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty-Eight

Q. Let’s start with some basic assumptions: 1) in the OT God is not expecting...

May 03, 2019

Captain Marvel—- Oh Carol!

As by now, most of you know, Captain Marvel is the latest hero...

May 03, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Twenty-Seven

Q. On pp. 153-54 you rightly invoke the concept of progressive revelation, and I agree...

May 02, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty-Seven

Q. On pp. 151-52 surprisingly you use Jesus’ action in the temple to suggest that...

May 01, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Twenty-Six

Q. On pp. 150-51 you make the surprising comment that you don’t think that polygamy,...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

The Reformation Sing Along

April 29, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Twenty-Four

Q. Let’s look at this issue from a little different perspective. Just as the Bible...

April 28, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies— Part Twenty-Three

Q. Let us suppose for a moment that there is a moral structure to the...

April 27, 2019

The Judicial Council Decision— Where Does this Leave the UMC?

For those who have not been following the discussions and decisions of the United Methodist...

April 27, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty-Two

Q. In one part of the divine violence chapter you talk about the Psalms. I...

April 26, 2019

Avengers: Endgame

Going into Endgame, I read a lot of reviews. I was afraid this...

April 26, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty One

Q. Most readers of the Bible do not seem to have an issue with God...

April 25, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Twenty

Q. To the various Christians, even some Evangelicals, that want to argue that while there...

April 24, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Nineteen

Q. In my dealings with many conservative Christians one of the things I think that...

April 23, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Eighteen

Q. A rather consistent strategy you use in the Exodus/ Conquest chapter and elsewhere is...

April 22, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Seventeen

Q. When it comes to things like the issue of whether Israel was once captive...

April 21, 2019

Easter Wings– by George Herbert

Happy Easter everyone Christos aneste!! Here's one of my favorite Easter poems (and note the...

April 21, 2019

Mary Magdalene at Easter– ‘the Apostle to the Apostles’ (John Chrysostom)

April 21, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Sixteen

Q. Having spent a lot of time working with the Biblical Archaeology Society, I have...

April 20, 2019

Jon Stewart’s Take on Passover and Easter (not to mention Christmas and Hanukkah)

April 20, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Fifteen

Q. On p. 77 you say that Genesis 2-3 is describing historical events in figurative...

April 19, 2019

The Best of Enemies- A Film We Still Need

1971. I remember it all too well. And I was only seven miles...

April 19, 2019

A Mother’s Lament

I To see the rain coming falling down Like tears of angels to the ground...

April 19, 2019

Darkness at Noon

To see the love here in its labours lost our eyes must grow accustomed to...

April 19, 2019

Confronting OT Controversies– Part Fourteen

Q. You argue that being in the image of God is something conveyed by God...

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