More than the story – Jesus and the art of language
Okay, I did a little dressing up of a Bible Study I led back in Oct. 2015. The result is a bit rambling, but that is how my brain works: The pondering sometimes triggers a trip down a rabbit trail…
Points To Ponder: A Christian Biker Perspective
A Gray-Beard's Thoughts
Points To Ponder: A Christian Biker Perspective
A Gray-Beard's Thoughts
Witnesstoo
Story Telling and Tribal Culture
Do you see irony in the stories around you? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable because you find humor within the tragic things around us? Does a good pun make you smile inside? Does the outrageous get your attention, sometimes no…
Paul & The Letter to the Galatians
Galatians 5:12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off. World English Bible That is nice and polite in the English translation. However, the Greek (apokoptó) literally is a phrase in English = I emasculate, castrate, mutilate…
More Nuances of Cultures and Languages – John 11 and Lazarus
OK, a second installment of the nuances of cultures and languages of Biblical times: More pealing back the onion layers. From John 11, the story about Lazarus and his sisters, Martha, and Mary: We blame God for everything, and Jesus…
Pondering Culture and Language in Biblical Studies
Jesus and Nicodemus
Good Internet Bible Study Tools
We live in a truly amazing age: the resources available on just the three sites listed below far exceed anything our ancestors could have dreamed about, and they are thousands of times easier to navigate than a grand library of…
Bible Versions
I have found it fruitful to use multiple Bible English versions. However, on this site, I will primarily, as I do in my Bible Studies, quote an edition called the World English Bible (WEB). It is a reasonable translation in…
Moto stuff place holder
A place holder for Motorcycle stuff
Biker Stuff
Just a place holder for setting up the site category for Biker Stuf