Introduction The Judaic prohibition on pigs has puzzled scholars for centuries — so much so that certain atheist writers, such …
Those who think the Lord’s Prayer and Jubilees support their political goal of blanket debt forgiveness should take a closer …
It was remarked to me recently that the Bible (specifically, the Old Testament) says very little about slavery, with the …
Deuteronomy is a puzzling book. It’s a marvelous ‘farewell sermon’ by Moses before Joshua takes up command, but the literary …
This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of …
In our investigations we have found that God, at all times, kept a wide gulf of separation between his Jewish kingdom and subjects, and the world-institutions by which they were surrounded. No alliances—no affiliations—no courtesies as equals with the man-governments or their subjects, were never engaged in without receiving a signal mark of God’s displeasure.
This article continues a series of weekly posts originally authored by David Lipscomb, an important figure in the Churches of …
Title: Origen’s Interpretation of Violence in the Book of Joshua Author: Mark Chenoweth Abstract: If libertarians advocate for a highly restricted …
In The Creation Story, Part I, we discussed the Hebrew term ha-adam. God creates ha-adam out of nothing (creatio ex …
The Book of Genesis begins with creation. God creates the heavens and the earth. He creates light to illuminate the …
There is, of course, no such thing as an Old Testament Christian, since the disciples of Jesus Christ were “called …
I want to address something that concerns me much more than momentary arguments over foreign policy. I would like to address Christians, specifically from the Bible, on two separate, but inter-connected questions. The first question I would like to attempt to answer is whether or not the current nation state known as Israel today is “the Israel of God”. In other words, is the current geographic nation-state that was established in the early 1950’s the same entity as the Biblical Israel?
Peter Enns is a professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University with a PhD in Near Ancient Languages and Civilizations …
Someone asked me what I thought about the Ten Commandments being posted inside or in front of courthouses. My short answer is: what’s the point?, who cares?, and this is much ado about nothing. My long answer is what follows.
This essay continues the Christian Theology and Public Policy Course by John Cobin, author of the books Bible and Government …
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