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Reading Genesis Like a Pagan, Part 3 (Video)

We continue our discussion on the importance of Reading Genesis for what it is… a worldview document of the creation of the order of the world. It is curtailed to the issues on the table at the time of its writing and, thus, helps those struggling in a...
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Did Jesus Sit in the Seat of Sinners?[1]

I knew a man who returned to Christ after decades of drugs and dealing, trafficking girls, violence, theft, and homelessness. Raised in church, he came back on fire for Jesus, witnessing openly and boldly everywhere he went. His life choices had a body count. He was diminished in...
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The Divine Gift of Enduring Shame

When I was growing up, if you said “trigger” everyone thought about guns or Roy Roger’s horse… maybe shooting guns while riding Roy Roger’s horse. Today if you say “trigger” someone is worried that something they’ve said or done has set off a negative chain reaction in someone...
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My Review of Interpreting The Wisdom Books by Edward M. Curtis

Shared with Permission from Criswell Theological Review Interpreting The Wisdom Books: An Exegetical Handbook by Edward M. Curtis as part of the Handbooks for Old Testament Exegesis series edited by David M. Howard, Jr. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2017, 204 pp., $21.99 Paperback. In Interpreting The Wisdom Books:...
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My Review of The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter

Shared with permission from Criswell Theological Review The Art of Bible Translation. By Robert Alter. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, 129 pp., $24.95, Hardback In The Art of Bible Translation, Robert Alter (PhD Harvard University, 1962), Professor of the Graduate School and emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative...
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Zipporah’s Raw Deal (Video)

It is common to portray Zipporah as a difficult and angry woman. I believe this is because of a rather poor understanding of the circumcision scene in Exodus 4. An equally poor translation has Zipporah disgusted with the fact that she has to step in to save Moses...
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Weird Thoughts about the Holy Spirit

This article is for inclusion in a one month devotional for new believers called, “So You’ve Accepted Jesus.” It is almost finished. A Tip for Reading:  You may want to read through at first just taking it all in, without looking everything up. Then it would be beneficial...
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I’d Like to Sucker Punch Genesis 1-11

I’ve found myself in a bit of a quandary when trying to help other believers see Genesis the way that I have come to see it after years of studying culturally relevant Ancient Near Eastern creation and flood stories, culminating in my Doctoral Dissertation on the subject. You see,...
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Jesus as Foreigner at the Well (Part One) [Video]

There are six “Well Stories” in Scripture. These are variations on a romantic tale where the will of God is worked out through His saints. The five Well Stories in the Old Testament provide the literary background for properly reading John 4 where Jesus encounters the woman at...
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The Whole of the Holy, Part 4 (Video)

God is holy in His essence as true God. When we meet Him as He intends us to do, we become holy to Him, isolated to His service. There are practical rules for belonging to the holy and when those rules are imbibed into our souls we begin...
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The Whole of the Holy, Part 3 (Video)

Christians often misunderstand what it means to call God holy and have a narrow understanding of our own holiness. God is holy in his very essence. Holy is the most precise word used by Scripture for deity. From this core understanding three other uses of “holy” emerge. That...
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The Whole of the Holy, Part 2 (Video)

God is holy in his essence… True Deity. His holiness is the terrifying manifestation of his divine power to create marking him as wholly other than all that He makes. In part 2, I continue discussing the meaning of calling God holy and distinguish this word from a...
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101 Most Misunderstood Verses, Biblical Studies

The Whole of the Holy, Part 1 (Video)

Words and symbols connected to the idea of the holy have over 4000 verses associated with them. It behooves us then to fully understand what the holy and holiness are. This first installment of four discussions lays down the nature of what it means for God to be...
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