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A devotional at ACCS In this short devotional, I would like to draw some edification out of an apparent contradiction in Scripture. It is only apparent, not truly a contradiction,...
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A devotional at ACCS In this short devotional, I would like to draw some edification out of an apparent contradiction in Scripture. It is only apparent, not truly a contradiction,...
Cyril O'Reagan on the Anatomy of Misremembering II.
You can now read this new blog post about “A New Geniza Fragment of Saadia Gaon’s Commentary on Parashat Behukkotai, copied by Rabbi Zakkay the Judge on the Reverse of a Court Docu...
My discussion in the last two Bible posts is a reminder that events in the first century CE, and indeed for most of the time since, were far less well documented than more recent h...
The lack of an editor is really showing here. When Peter returns to Jerusalem, the Jews for Jesus complain about him evangelizing among the gentiles, so Peter just repeats the whol...
During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Her Majesty received a Bible as representatives of the Church of England spoke these words:
Dear Ehud, In this letter, I am going to start with the understanding that you have a high respect for Scripture. Although you are not yet at the point of affirming complete faith...
With a discussion of central themes of the Gospels in the four-Gospel canon of the New Testament, let's consider the relationship among the first three Gospels—the so-called Synopt...
Donald Graham on catechetical reading.
“Prag Dave” Thomas (co-author of the outstanding “Pragmatic Programmer”) has loved programming since he was young. Programming was how I could express myself. I wasn’t an artis...
Christ Our Passover John 19:31–37 They did not break his legs. John 19:33 The fact that Jesus’s bones were not broken points to him as the Passover Lamb slain for the sins of his p...
These famous words do not stand alone in the encyclopedia of Jesus’ wisdom. The post Daily Bread Devotional 5.23.26 appeared first on First United Methodist Church of Fort...
All of a sudden, in the middle of chapter 16, without explanation, the narrator shifts to first person. Now it's "we" who are doing all these things. He does not identify himself o...
By Elizabeth Prata SYNOPSIS: This study explores the biblical instances where Elisha and Paul “stared intently” at individuals, examining whether these fixed gazes reflected divine...
For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit (Hebrews 4:12a). The post Ouch! appeared first on Luthe...
EPHESUS — Struggling to stretch his third letter to the recommended length, the Apostle John cleverly used 1.5-spacing, extra wide margins, and wrote in a generous 22-point font.
Memory is essential for our sense of self. We rekindle our experiences through our memories. Without memory, who are we, and how can we make sense of the world? The post A Life in...
To read the texts click on the texts: 1 Peter 4:7-13; Mk 11:11-26 In the first part of today’s text Mark uses what is know as a “sandwich construction”. This means that he begins...
Luke is just making shit up now and we can prove it by comparing his novel to the historical record. If you want to believe in miracles you can believe in Peter's miraculous escape...
Acts 12 opens on a very dark note. Herod the king—that is, Herod Agrippa—arrested a number of the Christians in Jerusalem and executed James, the first apostle to be martyred for t...
Dear Ehud, Before we get to the arguments from Scripture—and they are coming, promise—I wanted to touch on one more subjective element that I suspect you are dealing with. In my pr...
To read the texts click on the texts: Acts 28:1-20; 30-31; Jn 21:20-25 The first two verses of today’s text shift the focus from Peter to the Beloved disciple. Like he does elsew...
There’s something mysterious and slightly uneasy about this verse to me. The post Daily Bread Devotional 5.25.26 appeared first on First United Methodist Church of Fort Wort...
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