A few months ago I wrote a post charging myself with being Too Skeptical for the Holy Spirit. I lamented, really, the fact that my Pneumatological Hermeneutic of Suspicion is always in over-drive. A few weeks later I w...

The new Biblical Studies Carnival 29 (XXIX) is up over at Jim West’s blog! Happy May Day! 

The more I engage the New Testament text, the more I’m convinced it proclaims a non-violent kingdom founded on suffering, humility, and sacrifice, not violence, force, and aggression.  For many people, their theolog...

This is why I have so much passion for biblical studies. I have dug out some gold today. Earlier this afternoon, I was doing some exegetical work on John 20 (the passage on the empty tomb of Jesus) to prepare for my ser...

If you want to know the latest in the biblio-blogging world, Doug Chaplin has posted "A little unofficial biblical studies carnivalette." it is stormy here today. they are predicting a lot of snow this weekend, but for...

Over the last few weeks I’ve been studying Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). I’ve never paid much attention to this text – it’s just one of those passages churches sappily pull out once a year to reinforce our American sentimentality about Christmas. ...

For most scholars, dealing with this passage is like trying to fold a fitted sheet – no matter how you manipulate it, it still doesn’t look right. The most they can hope for is to jumble together some cockeyed story and ...

I Timothy 2 and the Ephesian Artemis CultA Very Brief Background to Artemis:The Greek/Roman female deity Artemis/Diana had a twin brother named Apollo. When her mother went into labor, Artemis came out of the womb first....

Violence is the default reality of our society. We assume violence. We consume violence. We trust violence. It is our default reality because in many circumstances we can see no other alternative to defeating evil. We ru...

A surface analysis of I Timothy 2, which I have previously dispelled, leads the reader to two conclusions: 1.That a woman cannot pastor a church because she was created after the man. 2. That a woman cannot pastor a c...