Reflections on Scripture

View of Haifa, Israël

Three Things the Lord Requires

One need not travel to Haifa, Israel to discover what three things the Lord requires, but there in the restroom of the youth hostel, I found them spelled out on a colorful poster. “He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to […]

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Young man explaining the Bible to another one

Questioning God about Biblical Inconsistencies

Contradictions and inconsistencies in the Bible passages provoke confusion, at the very least, and a lot of bad press for God in today’s everyone-gets-published online world. Usually I can understand what the various chapters and verses mean, but putting them in the historical context can sometimes stretch and twist my human CPU (Consistency Processing Unit). […]

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Passover Seder

Last Supper Omission

The power of Christian reenactments and pictorial illustrations of Jesus and His disciples at the Last Supper is undermined by omitting crucial elements found on every Passover Seder table. Though there are others, I want to highlight just one glaring oversight. The Passover Seder table always holds four cups of red wine, not just one. […]

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Garden Tomb in Jerusalem Israel

Discover the Three Days Between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday

One of Passion Week’s numerical mysteries can be traced to Christian tradition, but has no Biblical basis in historical fact. There’s simply no way to squeeze another thirty-six hours into the period of time from sunset Friday to sunrise Sunday. Every one of the many Biblical references found throughout the Bible agree with Jesus’ own […]

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Musings on the Lord’s Prayer Part II

In the previous post, I shared some of my musings from personal life and study of the Lord’s Prayer, recorded in Matthew Chapter Six. Picking up the passage at verses 11-13, I discovered some powerfully personal issues facing me. Give us this day our daily bread God’s daily provision for His people began 4000 years […]

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