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God as the Divine Scapegoat
The biblical symbol of the scapegoat helps us understand what God was doing when He allowed (or inspired) Old Testament authors to attribute violence to Him. When we understand that God Himself is the...
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Jesus as the Divine Scapegoat
Yesterday we looked at the idea of God as a divine scapegoat. We pick up with this idea today, showing how Jesus also was a divine scapegoat. He not only revealed to us what God had been doing all...
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Where is Jesus in “The Bible”?
My wife and I decided that as part of our Easter celebration this year, we would begin watching the History Channel TV miniseries “The Bible” with our three daughters. I am sure people have reviewed...
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An Excellent Commentary on Judges and Ruth
Kregel Publications recently sent me Robert Chisholm’s A Commentary on Judges and Ruth to read and review on this blog. Robert Chisholm is a professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, though I never had...
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Do you remember The Picture Bible? The Word for Word Bible Comic will be even...
All three of my girls are currently reading The Picture Bible. When I was young, I think I read through that book 10 times or more. It was a great way to learn the Bible stories and become familiar...
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We are of our father, the Devil
Yesterday we learned that if we had lived in the days of Jesus, we probably would have been among those calling for His death. The reason we do this is because we use violence to cover up violence, and...
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God Takes on Our Violence
If it is on the cross that Jesus most fully reveals God, and it is on the cross that Jesus became sin for the world, then this means that in the Old Testament, God also was becoming sin for the world....
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4 Shocking Reasons the Bible is Unique (Reason 3)
So far in this short series on why the Bible is unique among the spiritual writings of the world religions, we have seen that the Scriptures reveal human mimetic rivalry and the scapegoat mechanism,...
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6 Principles of Non-Violent Resistance
When faced with the question of how to deal with violence, most people think there are only two options: either be violent in return, OR lay down and die as a pacifist. There is, however, a third way,...
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Would Jesus be a Ferguson Protester?
Would Jesus be a Ferguson protester? I suppose it depends on what you mean by “Ferguson Protester.” In case you do not live in the United States (or even if you do and have been living under a rock),...
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