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The historical expansion section of Benjamin concerns an apocryphal story about Joseph in his trip down to Egypt (chapters 1-2). Joseph is a model of a pious man who loved the Lord his God, feared him ... Read more

Paul's Corinthian detractors first tried to discredit him entirely by starting a whispering campaign to the effect that he was actually no apostle but a power-hungry impostor seeking to bring them und ... Read more

We would make a clear distinction here between moral action and mere religious activity. In truth there is already too much of that popular type of activity which does little more than agitate the sur ... Read more

The Revd Suse McBay Here’s the second piece on how someone grew spiritually through doing a PhD, this time by Suse McBay, who is awaiting a viva shortly (if you’re a person who prays, say one for her, ... Read more

Send wine: A newly deciphered letter from Israel’s Negev desert describes an exchange of supplies between two Judahite military officers. The post Ancient Military Correspondence: Send Wine appeared f ... Read more

Late Bronze Age Canaan was made of many different social groups and political units. How did some of these come together to form the Israelites [...] The post The Land before the Kingdom of Israel: As ... Read more

The city of Sidon on the coast of modern Lebanon is mentioned 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Recent excavations have exposed part of the ancient Canaanite—and later Phoenician—city, including a massive ... Read more

Acts 2:4 The blessings of today would be rich if all of us were filled with the Holy Spirit. It would be impossible to overestimate the consequences of this sacred filling of the soul. Life, comfort, ... Read more

In spite of our lip-service to democracy, Americans are a decidedly class-conscious people. The very politicians and educators and church leaders among us who sound abroad the praises of the common ma ... Read more

No observant man will attempt to deny that a vast amount of Christian money is being spent on those who do not need it, while the poor and the needy and such as have no helper must often go unnoticed ... Read more

The Revd Dr Gabby (Gabrielle) Thomas I recently read a fascinating piece on the excellent Thesis Whisperer blog by a Hindu lady (I presume, since she talks about the Bhagavad Gita), giving her reflect ... Read more

John 10:28 The Christian should never think or speak lightly of unbelief. For when a child of God mistrusts His love, His truth, His faithfulness, it is greatly displeasing to Him. How can we ever gri ... Read more

Are the 10 Commandments really a moral code, or did the ancients understand them rather as the constitutional basis of a political theocracy? The post Understanding Israel ’s 10 Commandments appeared ... Read more

Cynthia Shafer-Elliott reviews "Ancient Cookware from the Levant: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective" by Gloria London. The post Ancient Cookware from the Levant: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective ap ... Read more