Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Old Testament”
Over the last few months we have been reflecting on books, films, music and other things that has inspired or challenged us. Well over the past few weeks all I have done is consume vast amounts of material on the book of Leviticus. I am afraid that is what you are going to get here. Bring on the sacrifice! A …
Welcome to this weeks blog which is based on the third chapter (God’s Laws: Evasive and Fidgety Little Buggers) of Pete Enns book (How the Bible Actually Works). Rules or laws are complicated, they shouldn’t be but they are. Let us take a look at some everyday simple rules and laws that shouldn’t be difficult to follow but some …
We are often most disappointed or disillusioned with something when it fails to live up to the hype. So that latest tv show you have been told is a must see turns out to be slow and boring so you lose trust in the persons opinion. The band that are the next big thing play repetitive generic music and you …
Born in Nebraska in 1933, Walter Brueggemann is an Old Testament theologian, St Louis Cardinals fan and for some, one of the most influential Old Testament scholars of the last 40 years or so. He uses a practice called rhetorical criticism (basically looking at the meaning behind words, phrases, images, gestures, performances, texts, films etc that people use to communicate) …
