Mike Blogs

I said that we were ready to leave the Pentateuch in our survey of women with a story to tell, but I missed an important group (which, to...

“And teaching them  to obey everything that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28: 20b) Notice that Jesus did not say, “teaching them to...

God’s interest in socially marginalized people, especially widows, is clear throughout the Old Testament. I presented passages to this...

“And teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you ” (Matthew 28: 20a)  Where should we go for a definition of teaching? The...

Before we leave the Pentateuch, that is, the first five books of the Bible (called in Swedish Mosesbuk 1, Mosesbuk 2, etc.), I have...

“ “Baptizing them  into the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”   (Matthew 28: 19b)  Some scholars wonder whether or not...

And now, as Paul Harvey used to say, for the rest of the story.   “ Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house...

Matthew 28: 19b, “ Baptizing them…     For his earthly mission, Jesus, “ though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with...

The previous story of Tamar was a difficult read for modern Christians. The key points from the Bible’s perspective are that Judah left...