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We made a special Yahtzee game for some friends. The goal was to have dice that were 2″ across and score cards 2x the size of the original. And the cards had to look spot-on like the 1950s originals. But since I had neither the time nor the inclination to purchase vintage originals from eBay, […] In Ephesians, Paul says we are “by nature, children of wrath”. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. (Ephesians 2:3) Whatever could he mean? Here’s a […] 1 John 2:2 is an easy verse to misunderstand: [+] He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world. (1 John 2:2) Here’s Webster’s definition for “propitiation”: PROPITIATION, n. propisia’shon. 1. The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the […] Every now and then, I’ll hear someone say that Dispensationalism is not new; that it’s been around since the early church. They may point to stray quotes from Ireneaus and other church fathers to bolster their position. Regrettably, their position rests on an obfuscation on what, exactly, Dispensationalism is. Will the real Dispensationalism stand up? […] 
Jacob wrestling with Angel The word “Israel” first shows up in the Bible when Jacob wrestles with the Angel of the Lord, and the Angel gives him that name. It means “to struggle/wrestle with God” (Gen 32:22-32). Throughout the rest of the Bible, the word “Israel” shows up in the Bible about 2,300 […] Tattoos are all the rage these days. I keep saying that when I get old and retire, I’ll open a tattoo-removal parlor. I’ll make a killing! Somewhere along the line, we have to ask this: what does the Bible say about tattoos? There is an answer, of course: [+] You shall not eat […] 
Every now and then I’ll run into people (usually Dispensationalists) who insist that the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5) is a different occasion than Luke 6 (a passage they refer to as “The Sermon on the Plain”). The Sermon on the Mount – Carl Bloch, 1890 When they compare the two, they […] 
What do people in heaven think of people in hell? Can people in heaven see people in hell and vice-versa? While many within conservative Christianity prefer not to think about the question (and who can blame them?), the Bible actually addresses this question with some consistency. Here are a few passages worth considering. On one […] 
Studying Revelation in BSF has kinda put a different spin on Romans for me. Check out these passages [with comments]: [+] … I saw under the *altar* the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a […] I’ve always been a bit leery of the use of the word “friend” in the 22nd chapter of Matthew. That’s the parable about the king who throws a wedding banquet for his son. The invited people refuse the invitation and kill the messenger, so the king kills them and burns their cities. But because he […] |
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