God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. //Here is a verse dear to all strands of Christianity. Regardless of how you imagine God to be love, Christians agree that He is love. It turns out that this manner of picturing God…
Revelation 6:1, The White Horseman of Revelation
I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. //This is a topic that comes up often in discussion, so I’m repeating most of a blog post from…
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Book review: Becoming, A Spiritual Journey
by Rev. Dr. Pamela Feeser ★★★★ I struggled in deciding on a rating for this one. For myself, I’d give it three stars; I just didn’t relate well. It’s a short little book, and even at that, it seems to lose a bit of focus toward the end and perhaps…
Psalm 139:8-10, Personifying God
If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me….
Genesis 3:8, God Walks in the Garden
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. //Many times I’ve mentioned, always a bit tongue-in-cheek, that I miss…
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Book review: Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?
by Brian D. McLaren ★★★★★ We have just enough religion to make us hate but not enough to make us love one another. –Jonathan Swift What does it mean to be a Christian in a multi-faith world? In a world that keeps shrinking, McLaren draws us back to Christian neighborly…
Exodus 28:30, Urim and Thummim
Also put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastpiece, so they may be over Aaron’s heart whenever he enters the presence of the LORD. Thus Aaron will always bear the means of making decisions for the Israelites over his heart before the LORD. //Urim and Thummim were objects used…
Proverbs 31:6-7, Beer for the Poor
Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. //I saw a beggar in Las Vegas a while back holding an open hat and a sign that read, “Why lie? I need a…
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Book review: John’s Gospel, The Way It Happened
As the publication date gets closer, I’m getting more excited about John’s Gospel, my sequel to Revelation. I have a few Advance Reader Copies remaining; if anyone is interested in providing a review, please contact me at lharmon@thewayithappened.com! This early review is by an internet friend I met on a…
Genesis 32:32, Keep your man-parts out of harm’s way, part III of III
Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near the tendon. //We’re still on the topic of the punishment for a woman who grabs a man’s testicles. The punishment, as translated in…