September 26th, 2020 I just finished reading Who wrote the Bible? by Richard Elliot Friedman and I must say it was quite an experience. I will do my best to summarize and provide comments, but I can imagine that I will not do it justice. In short, the book is about the JEPD Theory/Documentary Hypothesis. …
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September 21st, 2020 I wanted to write a post about where I stand at the moment on various 2020 U.S., NC, and Wake County election races. I’m slowly deciding who I want to vote for this year. I’m still thinking about voting for Joe Biden, but I was undecided about the NC Senate race. I …
September 20th, 2020 Since I’ve finished reading the Old Testament, I wanted to take a moment to organize my thoughts around history in an effort to provide a framework for my understanding of the Bible and the Judeo-Christian tradition as well as other works and ideas. I’d like to do this so I can move …
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September 19th, 2020 I have finally finished reading the Old Testament. It’s been a while since my last post, but that was because I hadn’t had any significant revelations for a while and I wanted to finish reading the Old Testament before writing about it. The last part of the Old Testament after the Books …
September 7th, 2020 I wanted to write a quick post about a thought I had with regard to finances and marriage. Firstly though, I had a thought about families that are highly religious and keep their children from living with their boyfriend/girlfriend until they are married. I’ve often thought that this somewhat counterproductive as it …
August 25th, 2020 I’ve just finished reading the Book of Ecclesiastes and I wanted to compile my thoughts. I think the lessons presented in the Book of Ecclesiastes are lessons that I have learned through experience or study. The main lessons are time moves ever forward and death comes to us all. For a long …
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August 24th, 2020 I just finished reading the Book of Proverbs and would like to organize my thoughts. The Book of Proverbs seems to be a very practical book with a lot of useful sayings. Some notable Proverbs are as follows: “Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.” Proverbs …
August 22, 2020 I finished reading Psalms yesterday and it has sparked some profound thoughts that I’d like to expand on here. Firstly, I went to a Bible study on Sunday and had a good discussion where I talked with some folks about what I had been studying and the conclusions I had made. I …
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August 20, 2020 I finished the Book of Job yesterday and while I don’t think I fully comprehend what was being said, I think it would be beneficial to talk about it. The book of Job is the first book of wisdom literature in the Christian bible and as such the themes and discussion are …
August 16th, 2020 I just finished reading the Book of Esther, as well as the books of Nehemiah earlier and Ezra yesterday. Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book and described the accounts of Jews returning to Jerusalem after being exiled by Nebuchadnezzar. It is my opinion that the events and characters being written are …
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