Bible & Theology
The new ARC denomination is on the slippery slope of conservatism
Religion writer Rick Pidcock once said, "It's funny how I've always heard the 'slippery slope' argument as a
Bible & Theology
Reading the Septuagint
For my morning devotions I have been reading the Septuagint. The Septuagint is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. Why read a translation instead
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Here's how I'm thinking about COVID right now.
TL;DR—Don't look at case rates. Look at hospitalization numbers. My personal risk—and likely yours—of serious illness, hospitalization, or death
Amos
Amos and Advent
My Advent Bible reading has me in Book of the Prophet Amos. Amos is the author of such gems as: For four crimes I won&
Affirming Theology
Does Genesis Condemn First-Born Daughters?
Genesis 1—4 tells the story of a man and a woman in a relationship who have three sons. These chapters tell us a lot
Atonement
Q&R On Atonement Theories
A Question from a Facebook Commenter: "How do you connect a dead God to ending death without using the biblical understanding of ransom/sacrifice/
Bible & Theology
Without the shedding of blood...
"Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins." Hebrews 9:22 This verse has been used to justify a bloodthirsty
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Public Confession
Public confession. There’s a pastor acquaintance of mine who’s posting these 50 minute long Q and As. They’re great! The pastor is
Bible & Theology
Ezra and Ruth
Let me tell you a Bible story. In this story you'll hear why you think the Bible is backwards and xenophobic; but is
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Q&R: What Study Bible Should I Get?
Short answer Get either the NIV or NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible OR the Common English Bible (CEB) Study Bible. Longer answer My 4 go-to
how to read the bible
Importance of Genre
Let's pretend that I have a bookshelf with 100 books on it. The only pretending here is that it's only one
how to read the bible
Christians act like interpreting Scripture isn't hard
Christians oftentimes act like interpreting Scripture isn't hard (which isn't true). I think this is because admitting that's it&