Category Old Testament

His Story of Shalom…An Introduction

6 April 2010 Featured Highlights, Nonviolence, Old Testament  No comments

I have been participating in the women's Bible studies that our church has been offering over the past couple of years. I have really enjoyed those studies and God has always used

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Meme on books that influenced my reading of the Bible

19 June 2009 New Testament, Old Testament  No comments

There is one of those memes going around in which people volunteer a list of books that influenced their readings of the Bible. The rules say that works are not limited to Biblical studies literature, but can include religious works or works of literature.

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The Old Testament as Myth

13 April 2009 Old Testament  2 comments

Simply stated, the way many stories from the Old Testament are depicted, at least by parents to their young, eagerly listening children, happens to be closer to the ancient Greek and Roman myths than many conservative Christians would like.

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