Coming Untrue

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Everybody loves novelty — even Christians. Not infrequently, to almost everyone’s regret, Bible teachers feel compelled to give it to the...

“If your father tells you to kill someone and you say ‘no’, would that be considered a sin?” Short answer: No. Longer answer: It ...

The Old Testament is home to more than a few really long books . Jeremiah (33,000+ words), Genesis, Psalms and Ezekiel stand out from...

Jesus can be referred to many different ways. It started before he was born. For example, one well-known prophet said, “call his name...

I will say this, and I will say it again: there is no substitute for the prayerful, meditative, daily reading of scripture. None. You can...

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“The Old Testament is full of stuff that causes controversies and makes people who agree with it look bad: slavery, plagues, genocides .....

Disagreeing with other Christians online is a bit like pulling off a Band-Aid® stuck to the hairiest part of your arm. There is what...

In 2017, Israeli military historian Martin van Creveld published a work of fiction entitled Hitler in Hell , in which he speculates abou...

We now find ourselves with an interesting and hotly contested portion of Proverbs to consider. Unitarians argue that it describes fo...

There are two ways for, let’s say, a flabby, aerobically-inadequate middle aged blogger to approach a task like getting over a six foot h...

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What happens when, as Christians, you or I make a mess of our lives in very serious, potentially permanent ways? I ask the question n...

This week, our journey through ancient Hebrew and Greek literature produces what looks like a first among our candidates for Old Testamen...

Once in a blue moon one of our readers (usually the ones who don’t know our writers in the real world) expresses the desire that we write...

“If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be  accursed .” This is Paul’s fourth-last sentence in his first letter to the Corinthia...