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August 03, 2024

Did God Order His Chosen People To Commit Genocide?

2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite...

July 2024

July 22, 2024

Seven Reasons Why People Stop Going To Church

Anyone who pays any attention at all has noticed that church attendance in America has...

July 10, 2024

Was The U.S. Founded On Christian Beliefs: The Final Word

Of all the noise in American politics and journalism, one of the loudest arguments is...

July 08, 2024

6 Kinds of Readers: How One Sees The Bible Is The Difference

Not everyone approaches the Bible in the same way. The way that a reader plunges...

July 06, 2024

Revelation: A Failed Prophecy That Finds New Life

Some Christians, even today, some 200 years after it was written, believe that the Book...

June 2024

June 26, 2024

Do You Know Or Do You Believe?

Frequently, I hear people say that they know something to be true when they actually...

June 16, 2024

“If I Should Fall From Grace With God”

Does Shane MacGowan reveal his Christianity in his lyrics? When the news came last November...

June 08, 2024

What Reasons Are There Not To Read The Bible?

In our last post, we discussed several reasons why reading the Bible has value for...

June 06, 2024

Why Should You Read The Bible?

People have found many reasons to read the Bible. Here, we will explore some of...

May 2024

May 28, 2024

Is The Bible Unerring? Go Ask Asherah.

Some Christians (and I am betting almost no Jews) take the entire Bible literally and...

April 2024

April 28, 2024

Is Beltane A Christian Holiday?

Beltane? What's that? Beltane is celebrated as the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the...

April 23, 2024

The Solemn Dawn Service On ANZAC Day

In April in the year 1915, 56,000 English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Australian and New Zealand...

April 14, 2024

Are There False Prophets In The U.S. Today?

Do you believe there are false prophets in the United States today? If you do,...

April 07, 2024

Ten Ways To Help You Read The Bible

You want to read the Bible but you're not sure how to get started. Without...

April 01, 2024

Five Ways To Get The Most From Your Morning Prayer

It is good to start every day with prayer when the day is fresh and...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

An Easter Story Like No Other

The Easter story, the story of Jesus Christ's death and resurrection, has been told in...

March 20, 2024

Just How Many Johns Are There In The New Testament?

You would think that in 2000 years, we could have figured out just how many...

March 14, 2024

Faith And Begorrah! St. Patrick For The Rational

Who was St. Patrick and why do we celebrate his feast day? Since the fifth...

March 10, 2024

Parables, Prophecies And Proverbs: The Iffy Gospel Of Thomas

The Bible includes only four gospels. Can we learn anything new from gospels that were...

March 07, 2024

Ancient Israel: Something New Under The Sun

Believers in the historic accuracy of the Bible say it chronicles Israel's history from creation...

March 06, 2024

Dangerous Theologies: Preaching The Path to Perdition

Throughout history and continuing today, humanity has invented uncounted theologies that have caused great harm...

February 2024

February 03, 2024

What is Going on With Numbers 25:6-12?

What is the big deal about Numbers 25:6-12? What is the big deal about Numbers...

January 2024

January 28, 2024

Thou Shalt Not: The Ten (Two, 613?) Commandments

Everybody knows the Ten Commandments, right? Well, maybe. Some people will tell you that there...

January 20, 2024

On Which Day Did God Say Let There Be a Bible?

...and God said "Let there be a Bible and let it be perfect and let...

January 13, 2024

Is America Sinking in Its Own Slough of Despond?

In John Bunyan's allegory, The Pilgrim's Progress, the Slough of Despond is the metaphor used...

January 09, 2024

War: What Do God and the Bible Have to Say?

January 6, 2024 War accompanies practically every effort of mankind either as either a cause...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Do People Care About the Bible?

12/30/2023 About two years ago, I started to study and write about Biblical history and...

December 21, 2023

What Do the Two Christmas Stories in the Bible Tell Us?

We all know the Christmas story: Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, the wise men, the king,...

December 12, 2023

Who Says Jesus Was Born of a Virgin?

Everyone knows Jesus was born of a virgin. The Bible says so. Right? Well...it might...

December 09, 2023

Are Christians Required to Believe in the Bible?

Are Christians required to believe in the "Truth" of the Bible? In the Apostles' Creed...

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