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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

I Said, You Are Gods

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“Jesus answered them, ‘Is it not written in your Law, “ I said, you are gods ”?’ ” Bible commentators often say the New Testament (NT) i...
Monday, February 09, 2026

Anonymous Asks (392)

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“What are the windows of heaven?” We find the metaphor “windows of heaven” several times throughout the Old Testament. It describes how ...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

Knocking Over the Hurdles

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Lately I’ve been reading a lot about how important it is not to put barriers to Christian faith in the way of the unsaved. I certainly do...
Saturday, February 07, 2026

No King in Israel (45)

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There’s no getting around it, I hate this part of the story. When I’m preparing a chapter-by-chapter book study like this one, my morning ...
Friday, February 06, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Does Your Building Matter?

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Tom: I’m prowling the Internet, as is my wont, and e...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

(Re)Making Music

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I’ve heard it said that the quickest way to split a congregation is to change the hymnbook or repaint the walls. Well, I have no feel f...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

A Little Consistency, Please!

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Book III of Psalms begins with Psalm 73. The superscriptions over the next 11 psalms tell us a man named Asaph wrote them. Asaph was a Lev...
Tuesday, February 03, 2026

I Thought That Looked Familiar

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I’ve been following a fair bit of online discussion about ‘spiritual abuse’ and leaving churches, a trek through the interwebs that took m...
Monday, February 02, 2026

Anonymous Asks (391)

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“Is the ‘Name It Claim It’ philosophy biblical?” I had to look up this phrase since I’m entirely unfamiliar with the concept. A Google N...
Sunday, February 01, 2026

Sparrows, Oxen and Infinite Bandwidth

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An infinite God can concern himself with matters great and comparatively insignificant. There are no time constraints when you dwell in et...
Saturday, January 31, 2026

No King in Israel (44)

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English translations of the Bible call the tribe made up of the children of Benjamin either Benjamites or Benjaminites. Literally, the Heb...
Friday, January 30, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Virtual Fellowship

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. A few days ago, I watched a popular YouTube video ...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

Don’t Forget What You Never Knew

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“Now I want to remind you , although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Death Stopped with Moses and Other Strange Interpretations

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Romans 5 is a fine example of the importance of following a writer’s thought flow when interpreting the Bible. Say you do your morning r...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Christ Formed in You

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“… my little children, for whom I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you !” Context is key to discovering t...
Monday, January 26, 2026

Anonymous Asks (390)

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“Are religious icons idols?” For readers with limited exposure to “high church” traditions, an icon is an artistic depiction of Bible pe...
Sunday, January 25, 2026

The Commentariat Speaks (36)

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We’ve done a few posts over the last couple of years about how the systematic theology we adopt (or uncritically absorb) affects not only ...
Saturday, January 24, 2026

No King in Israel (43)

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Years ago, my aunt appeared at her mother’s door only a few days into her honeymoon, wailing about her “impossible” new husband. My grandm...
Friday, January 23, 2026

Too Hot to Handle: Beatles Buddhism

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In which our regular writers toss around subjects a little more volatile than usual. Over the last 20 years we’ve seen all kinds of pon...
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

True Revolutionaries

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Welcome back to our two-part treatment of the (post-)modern attitude to truth. Last week , we were observing that the concept of an act...