May 2013

Thinking about anger this week?

Christianity Today's Men of Integrity blog has been going through portions of chapter 2 of God Behaving Badly (Is God angry or loving?) in its daily devotions. I mentioned this…
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A Killer Prayer?

"God, sometimes it's hard to obey, but help us to obey your word completely, even if it means we have to kill people." A killer prayer?  Is that…
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Saying “No”

Two years ago I arranged to present an academic paper at Oxford on the Wise Women of the book of Samuel.  I was really looking forward to going…
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Cursing, Baby Bashing, and Psalm 137

Cursing, Baby Bashing and Psalm 137 “Are you excited about Psalm 137?”  I was asked this question during a job interview in England in the spring of 2005. …
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Are you pissed at God?

I'm the divine anger guy.  I've written articles recently on "Wrath" in the Dictionary of the Old Testament: Prophets (IVP Bible Dictionary) and Divine Wrath and Divine Compassion in Holy War in…
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Does God Forget? (Psalm 119:49)

Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope (Psalm 119:49) What types of people do you need to say "Remember" to?  People who…
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God’s Favorite Place on Earth

"My name Bethany only means 'house of figs' or perhaps 'house of the poor.'" In one of my classes we were discussing how important names are in the…
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