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Blood in the Biblical Narrative
As Christians, it’s natural for us to associate bloodshed with redemption. In light of the Gospel, the idea seems intuitive. That bloodshed can bring…
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Too Many Firstborns in Numbers 3?
Let's Do the Math
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March 2024

Three Years of Famine
Or Three Hours of Darkness?
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Joseph, Jesus, & the Descent to Egypt
Easter Meditations
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February 2024

January 2024

Jesus, Abiathar, & the Showbread
The text of Mark 2.26 has caused quite a few folk quite a few problems. Jesus seems to have thought David took the showbread from the sanctuary when…
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James Bejon
The Wisdom of Animals
The book of Proverbs tells us to learn from the wisdom exhibited by certain animals. And with good reason. Sometimes animals act with far more sense…
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Cleanness, Holiness, & Forbidden Mixtures
The Levitical system views the world in terms of four basic categories: clean, unclean, common, and holy. These are often thought of in terms of a…
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Jeremiah & the Priesthood
Who exactly was Jeremiah? Well, we’re told at least three things about him in his prophecies’ first two verses: he was a priest; he lived in Anathoth…
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April 2023

The Theology of the Chronicler
A Human Tabernacle
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Easter, Esther, & the Third Day
Life on the Far Side
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December 2022

Ezra’s Clans, the Jubilee, and 153 Fish
Exegesis by Numbers
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