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Tattoos are all the rage these days. I keep saying that when I get old and retire, I’ll open a tattoo-removal parlor. I’ll make a killing! Somewhere along the line, we have to ask this: what does the Bible say about tattoos? There is an answer, of course: [+] You shall not eat […] 
Every now and then I’ll run into people (usually Dispensationalists) who insist that the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5) is a different occasion than Luke 6 (a passage they refer to as “The Sermon on the Plain”). The Sermon on the Mount – Carl Bloch, 1890 When they compare the two, they […] 
What do people in heaven think of people in hell? Can people in heaven see people in hell and vice-versa? While many within conservative Christianity prefer not to think about the question (and who can blame them?), the Bible actually addresses this question with some consistency. Here are a few passages worth considering. On one […] 
Studying Revelation in BSF has kinda put a different spin on Romans for me. Check out these passages [with comments]: [+] … I saw under the *altar* the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a […] I’ve always been a bit leery of the use of the word “friend” in the 22nd chapter of Matthew. That’s the parable about the king who throws a wedding banquet for his son. The invited people refuse the invitation and kill the messenger, so the king kills them and burns their cities. But because he […] Many people teach that the Holy Spirit was “on” the OT saints, but post-Pentecost, is now “in” the NT saints. They gloss over the fact that the Bible never actually teaches this, and frequently mentions the opposite. I find this a little disconcerting: since it’s not actually stated in the Bible, where then did this […] There are some who would pause at the idea of people being able to deny the Master who bought them. What does that mean? Take a look: But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the […] Imprecations are prayers to God to pour out judgment, calamity, curses, wrath and/or destruction on His enemies. Wikipedia has a brief article on Imprecatory Psalms. and lists a few chapters in Psalms where we can find these odd prayers: Psalm 69 and Psalm 109 are major pieces, while Psalms 5, 6, 11, 12, 35, 37, […] 
Do you ever wonder if Hagar was ..um .. hard on the eyes? Like Leah. This skit is probably not appropriate for your youth group. Sarah: “Snap! I need an heir. I need an heir NOW!! Sally – I’m not getting any younger!! What am I going to do??” Sally: “Eschol’s got a sale on […] 
Ipuwer Papyrus The Ipuwer Papyrus (“Dialogue of Ipuwer and the Lord of All”) is an ancient Egyptian poem preserved on a single papyrus, Leiden Papyrus I 344, which is housed in the National Archeological Museum in Leiden, Netherlands. It dates to about 1450 BC, the same time as Moses’ exodus from Egypt. Ipuwer describes […] |
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