bible hermeneutics

8 min read 2021-03-04 22:20:01

The Absent Presence of God: The Storied Theology of Esther for the Modern Age

God is Not There God is not in the book of Esther. Do a word search and you will get 0 results. Also try Lord, Yahweh, Prayer, Temple, or Sacrifice.

6 min read 2020-12-19 03:42:30

The consequences of disobedience start with exile from the garden of God and the Tree of Yahweh, but they do not end there. They cascade down through

9 min read 2020-11-03 23:43:32

The Scriptures are replete with stories of deception. And often, strangely, it is those who we regard as righteous who are doing the deceiving. And,

8 min read 2020-10-06 23:24:35

Thirty-eight years is a long time to take getting somewhere (Deut. 2:14). You could just ask anyone in the unfaithful generation of people whom God

16 min read 2020-09-08 21:57:17

Could Absalom be a Christ-type? If you know much about the Bible, you likely have an immediate aversion to even the possibility of answering this

5 min read 2020-03-10 22:35:02

In the previous essay in this series, we saw that Jesus’ words about coming on the clouds were spoken on more than one occasion, first to the

11 min read 2019-11-21 20:17:01

Hello High Schoolers and Middle Schoolers! I’m one of the local pastors in town, and one of my main jobs is to study the Bible. So I have come