Posts in category Knowing the Word

If you read our last post, I talked about recently having the privilege of giving a solid week to nothing but Bible reading. Going from cover to …

I like crazy challenges—the kind that are appealing to you specifically because they’re undoable. Like when I thought running 5 miles was epically long and then …

We’re about to start a new year. If you read the Bible through each year, you’re about to start over with Genesis. Then comes Exodus. …

Everybody loves a good story, and Scripture has some of the best. Try to read through the story of Esther without laughing at the ironies. …

Unsurprisingly, politics has brought abortion back into the public discourse, because in her last debate, the person who will in all likelihood become the next president …

It’s a long commute across a hot dessert. The man biding his time as he travels is also searching. He wants to know the deepest …

I have a confession to make. Sometimes I use commentaries during my personal devotions. That probably marks me as a theolo-geek. As would trying to …

My friend nudged me. “Hey! Check this out!” He could hardly contain his laughter until I viewed the meme. It pictured several hundred ISIS members …

I was just reading Joshua 2 this morning and it set me to thinking about women who have, for whatever reason, made really poor life …

If you look up the yearly synagogue reading schedule, you will discover that Isaiah 53 is never read. Ever. Not in the weekly Sabbath readings. Not on any special holy day. Now you might think, “Well, there are probably a good many other passages that are omitted as well.” And you’re right; there are many other passages that are omitted. But this omission is a particularly curious one.