"These two wives are held up sort of in opposition. The bits of Proverbs from which they come are not back-to-back, but they’re part of an ongoing comparison between desirable qualities and undesirable. Sometimes these qualities are literally about a wife, sometimes they’re about the inner life of the man being addressed. In both cases, they present two women: Woman Wisdom and Woman Folly, the good wife and the bad wife."
Male prostitutes working the house of the LORD (Deuteronomy 23:18)
The curtain in the temple torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shaking... people who had died raised to life.” (Matthew 27:51-52): An Easter Card Talk
God.
New life.
What else is there to say?
Happy Easter
{*drops mic}
Refugees: a Bible Issue (take 2) & False Narratives that Lead to Biblical Truth
Jesus "forgetting" four of the commandments (Mark 10:17-23)
Refugees: "not a Bible issue"? OR Why Franklin Graham can go [expletives deleted]...
The peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, guarding your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus. (Php 4:7) [A 2017 New Year's Card Talk & Minor Critique of Christian Fatalism]
"For [the election]: LORD hear our prayers." [An Election 2016 Post]
Samson: A Cautionary Tale
Here's the tl:dr for the lazy: Judges does not present Samson as a hero. The context and structure of the book, as well as the context and structure of Samson's story all point to the same thing: Samson was a self-absorbed human being manipulated, not used, by God. He is an example to be avoided, not upheld.
OldTestamentTrump on Women
Though our archaeological digging has been unearthing and archiving all the musings of OldTestamentTrump elsewhere, this topic seems to deserve its own page.
"I really understand beauty and I will tell you Esther is not. I own the Miss Persia & Miss Mesopotamia pageants. I do understand beauty."
"It really doesn’t matter what the scribes write as long as you’ve got a young & beautiful and sturdy piece of ass."
On the rape of Dinah: “I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.”
On the rape of Tamar: “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
On the rape of the un-named woman in Judges: “And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything.”
On the rape of Bathsheba: “I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. I’ll admit it. I did try and fuck her. She was married.”
In his second public debate:
Levite moderator: Trump Ben-Fred, did you rape Dinah?
“You know, in a world where Assyrians are chopping off head, & Egyptians are drowning babies in the Nile, where there are wars and rumors of war, and the Philistines are encroaching on our western shores. I tell you. I will be the next David, you better believe it. “
Levite moderator: The question was did you rape Dinah?
"China."
Sadly, more to come, we're sure.