"Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins." Hebrews 9:22 This verse has been used to justify a bloodthirsty view of God. That God had no choice but to punish Jesus on the cross in order to forgive sins. But this is a pagan
Anthony Parrott
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Public confession. There’s a pastor acquaintance of mine who’s posting these 50 minute long Q and As. They’re great! The pastor is super smart, incredibly articulate, funny. But when I see them I’m struck with petty envy. Part of it is platform envy. Like, I want
Let me tell you a Bible story. In this story you'll hear why you think the Bible is backwards and xenophobic; but is more progressive than you'll ever be; why we need to listen to our Jewish cousins when we study Scripture; and why chronological Bibles
Short answer Get either the NIV or NRSV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible OR the Common English Bible (CEB) Study Bible. Longer answer My 4 go-to "committee translations" are CEB, NRSV, NIV, and NLT. One nice thing about being a Bible college and seminary student is that you get
Let's pretend that I have a bookshelf with 100 books on it. The only pretending here is that it's only one bookshelf, and only 100 books... Towards the top of the bookshelf I have a delightful book called A Man Called Ove. It's a
Christians oftentimes act like interpreting Scripture isn't hard (which isn't true). I think this is because admitting that's it's hard to interpret would be somehow denying its inspired status. Or, in the instances where they do admit that it is hard, they
Out of a desire to protect themselves and their loved ones, many Americans own at least one gun. While firearms are inherently violent, the people I know who own them do so not of a desire to harm others, but to protect. To prevent harm. Now, that desire to prevent
Genesis 2:18, "It is not good for man to be alone." Single people who are alone are not good. Genesis 2:24, "For this reason a man leaves his father and mother and embrace his wife." This is the sole Biblical model of relationships. Any