Good Morning Girls Blogging Through the Bible
I imagine it was somewhat disappointing at times. They had left Egypt in a state of incredible euphoria. God had dramatically defeated Pharaoh and they walked out of their slavery loaded down with amazing riches. I don’t know if they imagined that they’d walk straight into the Promised land, but I’m certain they never imagined…
I sat in the movie theater with my head down. You can know that if in the first five minutes of a movie it’s swearing at you or assaulting your eyes with immorality, that it’s just not going to get any better. I should have known better, but I had wanted to hang out with…
The disciples we see in the gospels were rough around the edges. Really, really rough. Doubting Thomas. Braggadocios Peter. The Sons of Thunder. They couldn’t cast out demons, they were easily distracted by unimportant details, and they battled for position of power and importance. Honestly, when you look at this raggle-taggle bunch, you don’t see…
No doubt about it. The book Song of Solomon is the most unique book in the entire Bible. It is passionate yet cultured, it is explicit yet discreet. And while some theologians argue that it is simply an allegorical comedy on the marriage of King Solomon, and while they continue to argue that it is…
I would like to think that I am not a person given to extreme emotional highs and lows. I wish I were more like my mom, though. She’s pretty even keel. She doesn’t get overly excited, but neither is she given to times of depression. Sure, she gets sad like the rest of us; and…
There is a court term called “Clean Hands”. It means that if you want to sue someone, you have to be innocent. You have to have clean hands, because if someone is able to accuse you of something, you have no right to accuse others. While “Judge not, that you be not judged” is one…
