Posts about Tanak or the Old Testament.
Since the church is generally opposed to abortion, people tend to assume that the Bible is likewise opposed. However, this is not the case. The Bible never directly weighs in on the topic. Here is my short video addressing this fact. Following are verses related to the topic, but not explicitly addressing it. Bible verses…
Progressive Revelation is the Christian doctrine that God reveals himself and his plan progressively over the course of the entire Christian Bible. There is a famous Christian quote that sums this idea up well. The New Testament is in the Old Testament concealed, while the Old Testament is in the New Testament revealed. Today, we’re…
Because NT teachings contradict Ezekiel, it becomes necessary to reinterpret Ezekiel’s Temple Vision. Or, we could presume that since the New Testament contradicts and demands reinterpretation of Ezekiel, it’s not the word of God.
I am a member of a Facebook group called The Ark. It is a Torah study group headed by Rabbi Pinchas Taylor. Every other week the Rabbi hosts an “Ask The Rabbi” segment where you can post your questions for him and he will answer them in a video. This week we studied about Adam…
Recently I was asked some questions about the Genesis flood by an evangelical Christian. After hearing my views on the subject, she was clearly taken aback. I quickly reassured her that I wasn’t judging her for taking it literally. At that point she informed me that she was judging me for not doing so. I…
Please don’t ask me how I stumbled across this. It’s a complicated and convoluted story you likely don’t want to hear anyway. So let’s just blame Paulogia’s Ham and AIG News and leave it at that. Moreover, there’s no need to watch the entire video above, although you’re welcome to if you would like. However,…
From a Christian perspective, that title is likely shocking. However, there is nothing divisive about this post. In fact, it is intended to be unifying. Today we are taking a look at the audio book version of a work by Amy Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler. It is titled “The Bible With and Without…
