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Author Archives: christopher fisher
aslan on james against paul
From Reza Aslan’s Zealot: Regardless, by the year 57 C.E., the rumors about Paul’s teachings could no longer be ignored. And so, once again, he is summoned to Jerusalem to answer for himself. This time, James confronts Paul directly, telling … Continue reading
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metaphors and anthropomorphisms
In the TV series Game of Thrones, there is a character called the Hand of the King. This character wears a bronze hand to signify who he is. No reader or watcher is confused by this title. No reader or … Continue reading
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spirits have bodies
Joh 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” It is repeated ad nauseam that God does not have a body because God is spirit. But this seems to be a modern construct, … Continue reading
as many as were ordained to eternal life believed
Act 13:48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. Calvinists often try to use Acts 13:48 to point to their … Continue reading
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understanding psalms 90
Psalms 90 styles itself as a psalm written by Moses or passed down from Moses. The authorship is interesting concerning the content. The theme of the psalm is how man lives for a short time, yet God lives forever. In … Continue reading
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walter brueggemann on david’s celebrity
From Walter Brueggemann’s Theology of the Old Testament: By focusing on this material, we immediately center on David, the “star” of Israel’s narrative, who pushes Israel’s storytellers to imaginative extremes. More than this, the text as we have it suggests … Continue reading
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a critique of elihu’s speech against job
In the book of Job, Job has three friends approach him and condemn him for evil. Because Job was suffering, they were of the opinion that Job had some hidden evil. After a few rounds of back and forth, the … Continue reading
satan borrows God’s power to use against job
In the book of Job, Satan approaches God and offers up a bet against God’s most favored human being, Job. Satan actually makes two bets (the first of which Satan loses fairly quickly). Both bets involve supernatural acts levied against … Continue reading
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elihu was a false prophet to job
From John Franklin Genung: The friends, however, have exhausted their resources, and through three discourses have been silent, as it were, snuffed out of existence. It is at this point, then, that Elihu is introduced, to renew their contention with … Continue reading
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ehrman on the prophets
From God’s Problem: The writings of the prophets are among the most misunderstood parts of the Bible today, in no small measure because they are commonly read out of context.14 Many people today, especially conservative Christians, read the prophets as … Continue reading
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reality is not optional 