Heresy: My First Time
It happened late one night in the early eighties, five, maybe six, years after I graduated from Simpson. I was sitting in the living room of our first apartment in San Diego. At that time I still… Read More
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Hebrew “Grind” Discussion Continued
Some time ago R.J. Walker disagreed with what I said were three examples of “grind” used as a sexual metaphor in the Hebrew scriptures (Job 31:9-10; Judges 16:20-21; Lamentations 5:13). I want to apologize for not responding… Read More
Gospel Fragment Discovery: Jesus and the Scribe
Researchers reported the discovery of a gospel fragment in a remote Southern California seminary that promises to “revolutionize our understanding of the historical Jesus,” according to an article in the latest issue of the Journal of Emergent Literature.… Read More
Diversity and Conflict, Spiritual Gifts, and Homosexuality
I have puzzled over conflict in the Body of Christ since I was in high school. Love is supposed to guide and rule us, yet when I encounter hostile rhetoric I am sometimes tempted to jump… Read More
Paul’s Eleven-Fold Cancellation of the Law
Paul’s Cancellation of the Law is important for at least two reasons. First, if we are no longer accountable to the Law, it will affect how we use it, and whether or not we… Read More
The Bed in Luke and Leviticus
Thanks to AB’s comment, I found something surprising about the relationship between Luke’s “two men in one bed” and the phrase in Leviticus about a man laying “with a man as with a woman.” In Leviticus 18 and 20,… Read More
Christians and Our Immigrant Neighbors
Early on in their history the Jews were commanded, in the book of Leviticus, to love their neighbors. What is especially significant is that the neighbors they were commanded to love were the immigrants that lived in… Read More
New Testament Teachings on Teachers
The Bible is multivocal, a library of books by different authors, each of whom was inspired by the Spirit of God. An important example of multivocality of the Greek scriptures is the topic of teachers. How we understand… Read More
Zeus & Ganymede Logos Side-by-Side in Q Apocalypse
In response to a commenter I did some more investigating into the Q source as it relates to Jesus’ acceptance of gay and lesbian believers in Luke 17. I discovered something very interesting.… Read More
Wherever the σωμα is, there the αετοι will gather.
There is some debate over how to translate Luke 17:37b. The question regards how to translate two words, σωμα and αετοι. σωμα is the usual word for body, and αετοι is the usual word for… Read More
