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“…and God has made me fat!”

October 25, 2017 4 Comments

Seeing how other cultures think can be quite helpful for understanding the Bible. Dieting and weight gain are particularly interesting topics to explore.

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Getting Beyond Me-O-Centric Bible Reading

May 26, 2017 8 Comments

All sorts of connections fall into place when you start to grasp the Bible’s communal cultural setting.

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Biblically, Your “Name” is Your Identity

May 19, 2017 7 Comments

A family’s public reputation, their “name,” was of critical importance in their communal society. Knowing this helps us decode a much misunderstood word in our Bibles, the Hebrew word shem, which overlaps with the English word “name” but is actually much broader.

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When You Read the Bible, You Need to “Be” There

March 15, 2017 5 Comments

When God called Moses up to Mt. Sinai, what he said, literally, was “Come up to me on the mountain and be here…” Why? Because it’s possible for a person to expend a great deal of energy getting to a destination, yet arrive there with head and thoughts somewhere else entirely.

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Blinded by Our own Brilliance

October 3, 2016 12 Comments

Messier Galaxy - Wikipedia

We assume that as the centuries go by, we’re growing more intellectually sophisticated. But modernity has actually dulled our senses to a reality that biblical peoples had no problems experiencing.

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In the Biblical World, Aging was a Good Thing

July 6, 2016 5 Comments

To understand your Bible you need to grasp the assumptions of its cultural world. Sometimes glimpsing its alternative point of view can even put our own reality into perspective. For instance, in the Ancient Near East, advanced age was not seen as something to be avoided. Aging was seen a source of honor and dignity. […]

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The Parable of the Golden Table Leg

June 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

Once upon a time there was an old pastor who had served the Lord faithfully all of his life. He had an anointed ministry, and his prayers were always effective. Whenever he prayed for the sick, they were healed. But in spite of his powerful ministry, he was extremely poor, and he and his wife […]

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New Light on Jesus’ Last Week, Part I

March 19, 2016 31 Comments

As we read the story of Passion week, we often bump into scenes that don’t quite make sense. A few pieces of historical data can shed a lot of light on this story.

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New Light on Jesus’ Last Week, Part II

March 19, 2016 4 Comments

The people who called for Jesus’ crucifixion were not the same crowd as those who hailed him as Messiah. Those who taunted him were corrupt priests and Roman soldiers. Jesus was as popular with the masses at his death as he was at his triumphal entry.

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New Light on Jesus’ Last Week, Part III

March 19, 2016 6 Comments

Part III: Prophecies Fulfilled [Start at Part I] During the week of the Passion God was fully in control, allowing evil men to put to death his righteous Son. Even the details that we may not have known are actually part of what was prophesied about the coming of the Messiah, and they show how […]

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