by admin | May 28, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I came to computer programming later in life. The first time I did some programming on my own it occurred to me that this DNA to RNA to protein process was a lot like a subroutine. Now any user input I was trying to program for, passed through a whole lot of...
by admin | May 28, 2012 | Section One
I have gone through similar changes in my response to Paul as those I mentioned in response to Jesus. There was a time when I thought Paul had written extraordinary claims, statements so exaggerated that they should never be taken literally or at face value. Not the...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I’m not fooling anyone. There is probably a strong suspicion that I’m going to shape things in such a way that I can come to the conclusion that Jesus is a pretty good carpenter. A typical approach would be for me to establish the criteria—a good carpenter does A,...
by admin | May 27, 2012 | Adultery in the Law, Section One, Sexual Immorality
The translators of the New American Bible1 chose the marriage is unlawful for πορνεία in Matthew 5:32 [Table]. So I will substitute that translation in the NET: But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the marriage is unlawful, makes her...
by admin | May 26, 2012 | Jesus' Artifacts, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
While I am asking—“What is truth? What is faith? Who is God? What is He trying to say to us?”—trying to come to some understanding of Bible passages in their complete contexts, millions of priests, pastors, preachers and Bible teachers all over the world open their...