Dignoscentia

This is a wonderful book which puts Jesus’ presence and deeds while among us in the contexts of His day. The customs and perspectives of the people of Jesus’ day are told through short stories that tie in very well with the Bible.
Recommended: Yes

I’ve read this psalm in the King James Version and in the New Jerusalem Bible, and it just doesn’t read like a normal psalm to me. It reads more like praises sung by a fawning scribe to some king on the occasion of his wedding.
It seems my opinion is shared by others - in the [...]

This psalm continues a theme discussed in yesterday’s entry, that of keeping faith in God and going forward with our obeyance of His commandments even when the circumstances are very much against us and He isn’t answering. That theme is even taken further here, since the author writes of not only keeping faith, but praising [...]

Chris Blake, associate professor of English and communications at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, has written a wonderful article in the Review detailing the important work that many of us, as Christians, are failing to do, in order to protect the rights and freedoms of all people. It is our rightful duty as Christians to [...]

Wanted to point you to a very good article written about the supposed Gospel of Judas (sic) that will explain its background and the confusion surrounding it. Bottom line: the whole thing smells a little fishy, and no, I don’t mean that in a good way.
Here’s a link to that article.

I received an email today from Amazing Facts regarding the new movie about “The Da Vinci Code” - Dan Brown’s book. I agree with Pastor Doug Batchelor - the author of this article - about the importance of countering the falsehoods present in the book, and in the movie, about Mary Magdalene’s relationship with Our [...]

“My birthright, my cup is Yahweh,” David writes in verse 5. It is interesting how he regards his relationship with God. He sees it as his inheritance. Leaving aside Levitical implications, it is worth it to think how we have a sinful nature by birth - since we are born in sin - and how [...]