by VorJack
The documentary hypothesis isn’t just a way of understanding the odd duplications in the Hebrew Testament. It also helps us to understand the occasional incomprehensible line. Consider Genesis 5:28-29: “When Lamech had lived a hundred and eighty-two years, he became the father of a son, and called his name Noah, saying, “Out [...]
by VorJack
So the shepherd rolled a natural 20, big deal.
(via Sunday Morning Breakfast Cereal)
This video is awesome! And it’s about one of my favorite Bible stories.
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by VorJack
One of the worst apologetic arguments for the authority of the bible is that the bible is unique in its continuity. That is, although the books in our modern bible were written over a stretch of centuries, they all speak as if from the same voice. Clearly, that is the voice of [...]
I was once at a conference where Mark Driscoll encouraged a bunch of boring old pastors to be “relevant” by using their target audience’s slang, dressing like them, etc. As I looked around in the crowd, I couldn’t help but imagine how terribly funny it would be if some of those guys took his advice. [...]
Vorjack’s post this morning reminded me that the zombie rising thing has always bothered me:
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were split. The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. [...]
Today is “Good Friday,” the day Christians believe Jesus was executed through crucifixion. But did Jesus die today or tomorrow? The Bible actually says both.
Mark, the earliest Gospel, says that Jesus died on the day after the passover meal:
On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, his disciples said to him, “Where [...]
by VorJack
I’ve been told that Darwin’s Origin of the Species is the atheist Bible. That strikes me as odd, since most atheists never read it. And why, when our understanding of evolution has changed so much in the past century, and there are so many good modern treatments?
I’ve heard it said that the [...]
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