Compassionate Reading
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16 items tagged #bible-study, across the whole site.
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This Far, But No Farther: Paul's Radical Ecumenism in Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:28)
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What Happens When Jesus is Racist?: The Syrophoenician Woman
We are spoiled for choice when it comes to reckoning with Jesus of Nazareth. For atheists, he was just another Jewish apocalyptic preacher. (I think there was a time when "Did…
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Are Jesus and Christ the Same Person?
Maybe! But also maybe not! Let's dig into the differences. (They definitely are two distinct things.)
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The Skull of Mary Magdalene, Who Wasn't a Prostitute, Blame Gregory, He Got it Wrong
If you're visiting the South of France, you'll of course want to stop by Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume. They have the skull of Mary Magdalene.
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On the Origin of Navels and Other Things
Did Adam and Eve have navels is a silly question. They didn't, for several reasons:
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Abraham & Isaac
Once upon a time, in the Bible, God and Abraham were having a conversation. God was explaining how he needed to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, and Abraham was explaining how he…
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Souls, Purgatory, and Ghosts (with an explanation of Plumber Porn as a chaser)
We have to start with what a soul is, which should be easy, it's only four letters, but the thing is, it's not easy, even if it were three letters. We don't have a unilateral…
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In Which I Don't Write Very Coherently About Fig Trees, But At Least Try My Best
A sentence you'll read when you Google "figs and wasps" is in a caption to a photo of a wasp and a fig: "A female fig wasp descends through the ostiole into the center of the fig…
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"Your God Shall Be My God": The Book of Ruth
In many ways, The Book of Ruth is a gentle echo of The Book of Job. In Job, we witness a righteous man destroyed for a wager who remains unwavering in his faith right up until he…
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Lot & His Daughters, or, Hospitality Gone Terribly Wrong
There are Bible stories that aren't in the Bible, and it occurs to me right now that I could spend a lot of time not writing at all about Lot and his daughters and just talk about…
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"An Infinity of Silence": The Book of Job
One of my favorite passages in the entire Bible is Job 42:3: "Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know."
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"See what large letters I make": The Humanness of Paul
There's Paul, the alleged homophobe, yes, and his writing is often weaponized against gay people, I get it, but Paul also describes himself as an expectant mother and queerness is…
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Evil
Roxanne asked about evil. I'll tell you now, at the beginning, to save you time if you thought I was going to be able to answer this question: I don't know how to answer this…
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Donkeys & Dongs: Ezekiel 23:20-21 in Context
I asked my friends on Facebook if they had any questions regarding the Bible that a very inexperienced Christian might do his best to answer. (To be clear, I am the Very…
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Satan & Scripture
This momentary president's son said a dumb thing on Twitter: "Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trump is about the same as the likelihood of Satan running around quoting the…
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Servants & Deacons
(much much MUCH credit to my pastor and friend, Jill McCrory)