by admin | Jun 8, 2012 | Section One, Sexual Immorality
Athens and Corinth1 are the only locales around the Mediterranean where contemporary historians recognize idolatrous worship (including its drunken sexual practices) being carried out more or less openly in the first century. Trusting the Bible and experimenting with...
by admin | Jun 7, 2012 | Jephthah, Section One
When Jephthah sacrificed his daughter to justify himself he became the least like Moses as a leader. After God spoke the law1 to all the Israelites assembled at Mount Sinai, Moses went up the mountain to learn from God about the construction of, and worship in, the...
by admin | Jun 6, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Yes, systems of theology fail in their primary attempt and alleged purpose to sum up the Bible in a complete, universal and absolute way. Every theological system I’ve encountered (or might invent) was based on favored passages of scripture. Then a logical system...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Adultery in the Prophets, Section One, Sexual Immorality
Ezekiel, a priest, prophesied from Babylonia after the southern kingdom of Judah was taken captive.1 Ezekiel 23 is a history lesson from the Lord’s point of view told as an allegory (23:1-4 NET). The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, there were two women who...
by admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Jephthah, Section One
Jephthah was somewhat unique among the Judges. His leadership style hearkened back to someone more like Moses than the other Judges up to his time (compare Ehud,1 for instance). Though I wouldn’t expect a marauding leader of lawless men, the exiled son of a...