Old Testament

After Elijah's delivers his message of canine blood licking to Ahab and Jezebel, amazingly Ahab repents and puts on sackcloth (1 Kings 21:27).  YHWH is so impressed that he… — July 22, 2011

Last time we saw Elijah trash talk Baal's prophets, then slaughter them.  Jezebel then put out a hit on Elijah, who mysteriously flees and becomes suicidal (the other… — July 21, 2011

After Elijah had bumped off the prophets of Baal (see last blog and 1 Kings 18:40), Jezebel, who seemed to be the one who really wore the trousers… — July 19, 2011

Jezebel, wife of Ahab, has been slaughtering the prophets of YHWH in record numbers (1 Kings 18:4), so Elijah tells Ahab to gather the prophets of Baal and… — July 17, 2011

The past decade has witnessed an unprecedented amount of books (and films and games) devoted to zombies.  For example, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War… — July 16, 2011

King Ahaz of Judah is worried.  His two rivals to the north, Rezin of Aram and Pekah of Israel had allied against him, probably to force him into… — July 10, 2011

"I will strike you down and cut off your head."  These words are uttered by the boy David to the giant Goliath in 1 Samuel 17:46.  It's hard… — July 1, 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

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

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

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 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