I know I’m not working alone. There are other bloggers who share their convictions about faith and all the ways we express our commitments to Christ. Something about the content we offer, and the packaging in which we offer it, causes readers to associate some of us together in their minds. While I’m aware of…
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What We Take for Granted
There seems to be some confusion about what Michael S. Heiser says in his several books explaining various aspects of the Unseen Realm from a Hebrew point of view. The confusion regards various roles, as to who can do what. Granted, there are some distinctions difficult to make. I’ve already noted how we cannot really…
Guardian Angels
I saw stories about the recent tornadoes in the southeastern states. In one case, a family survived through the destruction of their mobile home. Their four-month-old infant was found lying on a downed tree out in the yard uninjured. The mother insists it was by the grace of God. A common element in our American…
A Biblical Cosmology
This is going to be a bit long. Let’s review our imagery of biblical Hebrew cosmology, the metaphors used in Scripture to guide our thinking about how reality works. It is necessarily in the language of parables, but I am not afraid to guess about a more literal explanation at times. It relies some on…
Stop at the Boundary
I’ve been asked about this. In Matthew 11, Jesus lowers the boom on Judaism. First, He condemns the kind of unbelief that led to so very few repenting at the preaching of His cousin, John the Baptist. He elevates John to his proper standing in God’s reckoning, because John clearly understood God’s heart and Word….