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Sometimes I like to ask spiritual and theological questions that don't necessarily matter, but are fun to talk about. It often gets some interesting theological discussions going, especially when you get together with pastors, missionaries, or other Bible nerds. For...

For the first "episode" I wrote about, see Soap Opera in the Bible. In this one today, we're in 1 Samuel 25. In context, David had been running away from Saul, who had been trying to kill David out of fear and jealousy. While traveling around in hiding, some men ended...

A lot of the time we Christians like to talk about the heroes of our faith in the Bible. But really, the Bible isn't a book full of moral heroes, it's a book full of moral failures. It's a book full of moral failures and how God worked on them, with them, and through...

Sometimes your emotions can be like keeping animals; you need to let them out sometimes. This goes for all emotions, be they positive or negative. If you keep them all inside in a confined space, they'll start fighting each other and they'll start fighting you so they...

Sometimes when someone around us is really happy, it makes us happy. When someone has good news to share, we like to share in the happiness that this news brings. We like to be there for and support our loved ones, whether they be friends or family. Sometimes when...

Lately I thought of some of the happenings in the book of Judges, specifically around the period and area of Deborah the prophetess and Barak the commander (Judges 4 and 5). In this account, the Israelites have yet again done evil, right in front of the God who spent...