Sometimes a rose isn't just a rose, a woman isn't just a woman and a passage in the Bible is actually illustrating a larger theme or event in the text. Summary I used to hate when my teacher told me a rose wasn't just a rose. I didn't trust that she knew what the author was thinking and didn't understand the point of guessing outside of what was explicitly written. As I've grown over the years, I've learn to… Read more »

We're going back to basics, and discovering the basics aren't so basic. Genesis 3 tells the story of how mankind chose sin over God, but it tells so much more. Michael joins me to discuss some of the details we often overlook. About Michael: Michael is heavily involved in his church, where he also serves as a deacon. 1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to … Read more »

What if your parents guaranteed you a reprieve, a loophole, from your punishment before they even told you what your punishment was. That's exactly what God did for us. 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and be… Read more »

This past week, a friend sent me a sermon to listen to. I appreciate sermons that cause me to think from a new angle and this one did exactly this. I'm going to link the sermon at the end of the post so you can enjoy it for yourself. [1] One of the main points the pastor made is that God always uses male, female, and their relationship to represent Christ and the church. I've talked about that on the blog many times, and … Read more »

This has been on my mind since the very first time I saw a meme about women fixing plates for their husbands but I never took the time to write it down. Now that I've seen this argument several times, I feel like it's time we sat down and discussed the Biblical order of a house and what that really means. Introduction Every couple of months or so, someone revives an asinine argument about women fixing a plate for their husband verses thei… Read more »

Insights from the genealogies are pointed out. Introduction The first 9 chapters of 1 Chronicles gives us the lineage of the Israelites. It starts by walking us through from Adam to Noah to Abraham, then traces the lineage of Ishmael and Isaac, before zeroing in on the 12 tribes of Israel. It is a bit hard to follow the names due to multiple wives and chronology bouncing between brothers. Below are a few things that stood out to me. Top Ephrath,… Read more »

Just because things aren't perfect on Earth, doesn't mean God doesn't exist. It doesn't mean He doesn't love us, and it doesn't mean He isn't watching out for us. Introduction Tuesday, I was all in my feelings about the mistrial in the Michael Slager case . I tried to make myself remember that only one of the twelve jurors seemed to think it was OK to shoot a fleeing man in the back, not once, but multiple times (side n… Read more »

Introduction Photocredit: FreeImages.com/Blend Images Why not start at the beginning? Adam and Eve, along with their relationship, form the basis of how people view men and women today. The modern concept of Adam and Eve creates so much discord, from the treatment of women to race, even to the topic of gender identity. I've seen so many ideas and doctrines derived from said ideas that I can't keep track of them all! Nevertheless… Read more »