Andy and Helen’s Journey Through The Bible in Five and Half Years
Remember yesterday? How Nehemiah asked the question ‘How are things?’. They told me, “The exile survivors who are left there in the province are in bad shape. Conditions are appalling. The wall of Jerusalem...
Hezekiah is one of my heroes. On Monday, Helen extolled the spiritual virtues that enabled him to bring the People of Judah back to God. But he was more than just a religious leader...
I knew what was coming. The next couple of chapters are the most well-known part of 2 Samuel and I could feel them getting closer. And I was dreading tackling this issue. My dad’s...
Many teenagers struggle with identity issues and questions about their background and in my experience, adopted children have more questions than most. When my adopted daughter entered adolescence, she had more questions than I...
We rarely question the movement of people when we read biblical stories. It goes without comment in the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph that they travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then on...
One of the most controversial issues in the world for the last 100 years has been which land “belongs” to the Jewish people in what is now called Israel. The roots of that issue...
Today’s passage reaffirms the chosen nature of the Hebrews. For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the...
Andy did a great job yesterday, didn’t he? He’s written so well on such a difficult topic. I don’t have much to add. Yes, I was infatuated, totally intoxicated by MW. He consumed my...
When you are asked by your wife to write about the “The Test for an Unfaithful Wife” in Numbers 5, it is hard not to worry that there is another agenda. Is she asking...
So we have now hit the second of the “proof texts” that show us homosexuality is outlawed by God in the Bible. Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with...
