Cain kills Abel and the violence begins. There is, of course, more than violence in the Old Testament. Never the less, there’s no two ways about it, there’s a lot of violence in the Old Testament. You may have heard people contrast the violent, vengeful god of the Old Testament with the loving God of […]
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Reading the Scriptures like a Pharisee
It was a disconcerting day, the day I realized that the Pharisees and I had a lot in common. In the past I had read the gospels assuming that I naturally would have known that Jesus is the Messiah. I certainly would have been among the disciples. It wasn’t even possible that I would have questioned […]
Conversation in Faith 