Tag: faith
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David stole Bathsheba. But wait, there’s more!
The storyline of David contains some pretty crazy stuff, and I say that for reasons that are probably a lot different than you think. Everyone knows how he stole Bathsheba. Everyone knows how he danced before the Lord. Everyone knows how he ascended to become king and was a hugely successful leader. What is not…
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The Unscriptural Nature of the Scriptural Inerrancy Doctrine
A few years ago my wife and I went on an Alaskan Cruise with her family. The company we went with, Norwegian Cruise Line, had all of the things you’d expect to be on a modern cruise ship. One of these, the gift shop, eventually became a rolling joke among us. It started on day…
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Marvel Jesus
I’ve been a big fan of Marvel movies since 2008’s Ironman came out. Something about the story telling of superheroes makes me feel like a giddy kid inside. Deadpool and Wolverine was no different. In this movie, at one point, Deadpool makes the statement “I…am….Marvel Jesus.” It was comical and got a little chuckle out…
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Embracing Doubt: A lesson in hope from Job
Lesley Hazleton (RIP), a self described “accidental theologist”, has a wonderful ted talk on “Doubt is essential to faith“. I saw it for the first time around ten years ago. This was pre-deconstruction, however the message still rang true in my head. Even though I hadn’t started to strongly doubt yet, I was beginning to…
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The exodus. Big, small, or not at all?
The Exodus is a fascinating story. A real underdog escape from a great evil. From an early age, I often pondered how such a large group of people could manage to stay organized well enough to leave simultaneously, stay in formation, and manage to not leave some indelible mark on Egyptian history. As stated in…
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Problems with the Tower of Babel
I think this was the next item on my domino list, if for no other reason than the proximity to the flood. No one denies that, in addition to any potentially legitimate historical existence, the Tower of Babel story has significant symbolic meaning. Since it is commonly taught as an actual historic event, I thought…
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The Irresistible Force Paradox
There is a fun thought experiment of what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. It’s a bit of a silly analogy, but you can think of the unstoppable force being the deconstruction movement and the immovable object being the status quo. Because I am most aligned with SDA beliefs historically, I consider…
