Burial in Ancient Israel Part 7: The Burial of Christ
This post concludes a series about graves and tombs in the ancient Levant, from the Paleolithic Period until the time of Christ. The entire series can be found here. This 100,000 year history of human...
View ArticleBread & Wine | Life & Abundance
The moment when the Lord comes down and transforms bread and wine to become his Body and Blood cannot fail to stun, to the very core of their being, those who participate in the Eucharist by faith and...
View ArticleWine in the Old Testament
Bread was the ordinary food of the people, but wine was for celebration. It was a symbol of joy. It was considered so important in the ritual life of the Jews that people had the responsibility to...
View Article“Five Flat Rocks”
In case I didn’t convince you that $5 was a steal for some great gospel bluegrass from The Del McCoury Band, here’s a little more proof for your consideration. Just the thing to light up a dreary, damp...
View ArticleIs The Fate of Ark of the Covenant Revealed in Hebrew Text?
Unless “somewhere in the middle east” or “in the hands of angels” is your idea of a location, then … no, but that didn’t stop LiveScience from attaching a click-bait headline to their story on the new...
View ArticleAnd Then We Shall Die
1 Kings 17:7-16 contains one of those arresting sentences that show the depth of suffering and living death people can reach before being restored to life by the Lord: [Elijah said] “Please bring me a...
View ArticleDebunking the Latest “Married Jesus” Hoax
When these stories start to burble up in my RSS feeds, I always swear I’m going to ignore them and wait for them to go away. Just paying attention to them makes people dumber. This one was an easy...
View ArticleHip-Deep Heaps of Quail!
Today’s infographic comes courtesy of Translation Follies. It purports to illustrate Numbers 11:31, in which the Lord sends quail in abundance to the Israelites. Some Bibles, including the NAB, do...
View ArticlePope Benedict, Creation, and Biblical Criticism
My paper “The Word in Creation: The Ratzingerian Critique of the Historical-Critical Method and Its Application to the Creation Accounts” is up at Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Two of my...
View ArticleBurnt Biblical Scroll Deciphered by Digital Technology
A burnt scroll discovered inside in the synagogue at Ein Gedi, Israel can finally be read thanks to new technology. At first considered a lost cause because it was both wrapped and burnt, University of...
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