My question: It seems that there is a common theme in the Old Testament which points to the animation or…
Asking ChatGPT About How Pagan Ritual Helps Us To Better Understand The Second Half Of John 6 And Paul’s Later Thoughts in 1 Corinthians 10-11
My Question: In ancient pagan, thinking sacrifice was done to attract the God to get into an idol, and then…
Asking ChatGPT About Paul’s Chain Of Logic Regarding First And Second Death
My question: Adam brought death to humanity. Humanity now fears death, so they now sin to preserve themselves. But, death’s…
Asking ChatGPT About The Nature Of Idolatry
My question: Would it be better to think of “idolatry” as being more intense or involved than just praying to…
A Foundational Musing
Wisdom is the proper response to a situation which may or may not offer the obvious virtue needed at the…
Freewill And Hitting A Deer
While I was driving into work yesterday, I was making my plans about what I needed to get done when…
A Unique Blessing
I just read Song of Songs, as I do whenever I get to it from my never-ending circuit of reading…
Thinking Of The Gospel In One Word
If you could possibly think of the Gospel in one word, what would it be? I remember coming across a…
Comparing The Last Words Of Both Zechariah And Stephen As They Were Both Stoned To Death
While reading about Zechariah in 2 Chronicles 24, I could not help thinking about how this scene was similar to…
A Little Detail That Shows How Caring God Is
Matthew 11:1 (HCSB) – When Jesus had finished giving orders to His 12 disciples, He moved on from there to…
A Coherent Biblical Theology
If you haven’t read Dr. J. Richard Middleton’s book entitled, “A New Heaven and a New Earth,” you need to.…
What Lies Behind Abel’s Offering
Genesis 4:3-5 (HCSB) – In the course of time Cain presented some of the land’s produce as an offering to…
Something Struck Me When Reading About The Life Of Jeroboam In The Book Of First Kings
Background Jeroboam was the first king of Israel after Israel had become divided into two kingdoms; Judah to the south…
Common Vs. Uncommon
Being born in 1967, I’m probably of the last generation that grew up with two different sets of plates and…
An Interplanetary Solution To Humanity’s Mortality?
“I don’t think we’re meant to succeed here.” – Eric Weinstein, PhD Mathematical Physics (Harvard University) That comment was given…
How Looking At The Skies Can Influence The Whole Self
Regularities Have you ever really thought about why anything in reality has an ordered quality about it? The ancients talked…
Three Things That I Have Learned About Prayer The Past Two Years
1 – Pray First 2 – Confidence In Being Completely Honest With God (Even To The Point Of Complaint) 3…
DIS-DELIGHT
1 Peter 5:12-14 (NET) – Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you…
When is Someone “Saved”?
If you are like me, you love to listen to conversion stories. Hearing someone’s testimony about how they came to…
John 6 Decoded
John 6:66 (HCSB) – From that moment many of His disciples turned back and no longer accompanied Him. What could…