You See Dry Bones

Some Important Things to Know

About the Old Testament (OT) Many people get caught up when trying to read through the Old Testament. While some of us just go plain batty while reading books like Leviticus (a book of instructions) or Numbers (the results of a census with some narrative). Others get completely screwed up because they lack some background [...]

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Lamentation and Woe. Sweet.

And he spread it before me. And it had writing on the front and on the back, and there were written on it words of lamentation and mourning and woe. And he said to me,“Son of man, eat whatever you find here. Eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.” So I [...]

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Why Read the Bible?

I tweaked John Piper, a little. Ever have that conversation? You know, you are sitting with a group of friends. Some are Christians, some are not. The subject turns to God, the Bible, and theology. One of your friends, a non-Christian, asks; “why read the Bible at all?” Your friends and you jump in with [...]

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Book Review: Theological Interpretation of the Old Testament

This book is the used in the first seminary class. Kevin Vanhoozer is the editor of this book which is a compilation of essays about each book of the Old Testament (OT). Each essay is written by a different person who sticks somewhat to a similar pattern.  Every author tries to give you a historical [...]

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Ezekiel 1-3:15; Why Context is Important

Chapter one seems more like an LSD trip. Having chapter and verse markings in our modern Bibles can be both good and bad. The good is, we can easily reference verses in our Bibles. This makes it easier for people who makes signs to hold up in the end-zone at football games. The bad is, [...]

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The Bible Through [Your] Colored Glasses

Wrapping up the first seminary class with some thoughts. I have just finished a class on hermeneutics (interpretation) of the Old Testament. This class has taught me many things, but the one thing which stands out most is, we all have Scriptural bias. When we approach the Bible, we have often have some preconceived notion [...]

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