June 2011

As we've looked at the first psalm, we've discussed the benefits that come from an obsession with God's law, and the downside of not delighting in torah (=… — June 29, 2011

    I had the priviledge of being interviewed about my book God Behaving Badly by Brian Auten yesterday for Apologetic315.   Brian is "director of Reasonable Faith Belfast and… — June 27, 2011

Psalm 1 provides both positive and negative motivation for delighting in the law of YHWH.  After describing the carrot (prosperity) that comes to the torah-obsessed person in verse… — June 26, 2011

The person that delights in God's Torah is like a tree planted by streams of water.  Remember that Israel was a more arid land than much of the… — June 21, 2011

As a family we just watched the DVD of Megamind (2010, Dreamworks).  Overall, excellent, funny, entertaining: three thumbs up. Just one question, how realistic is Megamind?  I mean, come… — June 18, 2011

At my seminary's Board meeting yesterday, the Board chairperson, Joe Longo led a devotion on Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus.  The three siblings lived in the villiage… — June 17, 2011

The one who doesn't walk, stand or sit with scoffers delights in the law of YHWH.  This non-scoffer meditates day and night on Torah.  Day and night?  24/7… — June 15, 2011

This is the second in a series reviews on books that address the problem of God behaving badly in the Old Testament.  This review was originally published in… — June 12, 2011

If only Eve had hired a publicist instead.  (In case you're not sure, the publicist is the one wearing clothes.) So, what did really happened in Genesis 3?  … — June 11, 2011

It’s best to begin a series of reflections on the psalms with the first one, specifically the first verse. I love the literalness of the NAS (like the… — June 10, 2011

I have two teenage sons, so on opening night we needed to see Pirates of the Carribbean 4: On Stranger Tides.  While the film was better than Pirates… — June 8, 2011

Scot McKnight's blog Jesus Creed  has been running a series of posts on God Behaving Badly.  One of the commentators didn't find my chapter on divine violence (Chapter 5:… — June 5, 2011

I used to avoid the psalms. I loved OT narrative, just not the psalms.  The most common type of psalm (the laments) includes a lot of whining and… — June 3, 2011

"This city is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.” “What do you mean, biblical?” “What he means is Old Testament.  Real wrath of God type stuff.” "Human… — June 2, 2011