E100-78: Acts 15:1 – 15:41: The Council at Jerusalem
Oh, boy! Oh, boy What a chapter!? This chapter, full of the minutes of, or rather a report on, the first recorded business meeting of the Christian church, both raises and solves a huge problem...
View ArticleE100-87: 1 Timothy 6:3-21: Censoring the Bible?
Traditionally red type in Bibles indicates words of Jesus, but suppose it indicated passages that we wanted to censor? (Photo by LivingOS) Sometimes it is the very people who respect the Bible most who...
View ArticleE100-89: 2 Timothy 3:10 – 4:8: Scripture
This passage, which begins and ends with Paul’s suffering, centres on Scripture. It contains the verse which in Evangelical circles is probably the second best known (after John 3:16) Bible reference...
View ArticleE100-90: 1 Thessalonians 4:13 – 5:11: The Coming of the Lord
Photo by marcn To my mind this passage provides a nice example of what Paul was on about in the previous reading, many people get hung up on the picture of Christ descending from heaven, and the...
View ArticleHistory or Theology: the Bible as a document
"Asherah receiving a very poor divorce settlement" (Gavin has a nice sense of humour, so I've copied his picture and caption.) Gavin in his post “Mrs. God” linked to my recent podcasts about Yahweh’s...
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