Latest Posts (In 2024)
Posted: Sunday 05 May 2024 ( 5 months ago )
Out of context
The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a Netflix film based on the trial of seven anti-war protesters who were arrested during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. I very much enjoyed the movie, but I was especially struck by its portrayal of Abbie Hoff ...
Posted: Wednesday 01 May 2024 ( 5 months ago )
No Jesus, the Golden Rule is not equal to the law and the prophets
Jesus said many surprising things in the Sermon on the Mount. Here are just a few of them:
Every jot and tittle of the Torah must be followed. (Matthew 5:17)
Whoever calls someone a fool is in danger of going to hell. (5:22)
A man wh ...
Posted: Sunday 21 April 2024 ( 6 months ago )
On to the New Testament!
Carole and I began the Bible in Fewer Words Podcast back in December of 2022. We started with Genesis and we've done an episode every other day (more or less) since then. Today's episode (#232) covered the book of Malachi - and thereby finished the O ...
Posted: Tuesday 16 January 2024 ( 9 months ago )
Back to Jeremiah - God kills Hananiah, the good news prophet
If you've listened to the Bible in Fewer Words podcast lately, you've probably noticed that Carole and I have gone back to our first few episodes of Genesis and re-did them by splitting them into two. It took us a while to figure out how much materia ...