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When to Disobey Proverbs

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog The book of Proverbs is full of wise sayings that help us to live well each day. We often look at the proverbs as a bunch of rules or sayings to obey but this isn't a sufficien…
Good Deeds and Contradictions

By Dean Lusk When reading or studying the Bible there is danger in grabbing a verse here and a verse there to support a desired conclusion. There's also danger in getting one's primary (or only) dose of Scripture and te…
David and Solomon Got It Wrong

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog There are a lot of beautiful psalms and proverbs in the Bible. The Old Testament contains a book psalms consisting of 31 chapters. The Old Testament also contains 150 Psalms, a…
I Don't Have All the Answers

By Rob Shepherd, guest posting for Tom Zuniga My life is like the following clip from the Office… As a pastor I’m supposed to know the way. I’m supposed to lead with confidence. The problem is sometim…
The Importance of the Bible

The Bible is considered the most important book in the world, simply because it is God's word. When you read the Bible, you read a message from God Himself. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. Because the Bible is God's…
Notecards: How I Spend Time With the Bible

About four months ago or so, I started writing down any Bible verses that particularly stuck out to me in a sermon, personal devotion, small group study, or whatever. I have accumulated a neat little stack, and it’…
In the Beginning, Man Created God in His Own Image

In the beginning, man created God in his own image... Wait, what? Yes, that's right. Or so many "Christians" would have you believe. After thousands of years of Christian history, and thousands of years of Jewish h…
The Discrediting of Scripture

By T.G. Blankenship at The Gethsemane Blog I read/hear a lot of views on scripture. Some views are ones that destroy the credibility of the Bible and Gospel message for the person holding that view. Often, people hold t…
When Scripture Gets Scripture Wrong

By Nic Don at Theopolitical I became a believer and began reading the Bible not long before I turned eighteen. It didn’t take long before I recognized that the writers of the New Testament often seemed to be readi…
Reading about Rape in the Bible: Tamar and Dinah

Two of the hardest passages to read in the Old Testament both involve rapes. One is the rape of Dinah by Shechem in Genesis 34. (I should mention that there is a minority viewpoint that the sex was consensual). The secon…