My wife and I recently went to see a new performance — revival, if that’s the right use of the term — of the 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. This was part of the show’s tour, so we were just lucky to see it so close to Resurrection Sunday, and it gives me the … [Read more…]
Our church recently concluded its sermon series (also noted here on this blogsite) on the book of Exodus, so herewith are some thoughts. First, when you think about it, while of course Genesis discusses the origins of Judaism with the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Exodus is the first book about the Jews as a … [Read more…]
There are of course many valuable truths and insights that are not found in the Bible. There’s not a word in it, for example, about the Pythagorean Theorem. And the fact that the Bible contains many valuable truths and insights is not proof that it is Scripture. Poor Richard’s Almanac is not Scripture, for example. … [Read more…]