Tag: interpretation
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True Prophecy Must What?
A few weeks ago I got into a discussion about prophecy, what it actually is, and how to “test” it. In light of my ongoing months-long caffeine-fueled binge of Daniel and Revelation, it seemed like a good topic to explore. You’ve probably heard this line before. All prophecy must be in harmony with the scriptures. …
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Reinterpreting The End: A Historical Primer
This begins a multi-post series on the end times as viewed by someone raised in a heavily end-times focused denomination (Seventh-day Adventist). We will cover five topics. How the end time predictions have failed over the last 2,000 years and why that’s relevant Discuss Daniel and why this book is completely misused and misunderstood by…
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Deconstruction: A Visual Guide
For the visual learners out there, here’s a few graphs to help make sense of the deconstruction process. As an engineer, I occasionally have to make graphs to describe unconventional data for my projects. Sometimes a little humor slips in, to the laughter of the leadership team. People tend to approve projects more easily when…
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Deconstruction: What It Is. What it Isn’t.
Deconstruction can be a scary word. It’s sometimes used derogatorily by fundamentalists as a bogeyman term. It’s often attributed incorrectly by people who don’t really understand it. It’s occasionally feared by people who are starting to question, but are understandably hesitant of what that process might entail. Deconstruction is the process of exploring the kaleidoscope…
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A Heavenly Conversation
Jesus: “Hey dad, those humans are acting up again.” God: “Which of their many shenanigans are you referring to?” Jesus: “They keep demanding that the stories their own ancestors made up as mythology and etiology, are literal factual history. And they keep sweeping away all my near-exclusive teachings on the poor, the widow, and the…
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Inspiration
The last two months have been less-than-inspiratory. In fact it’s been a theologically tough time. The radio silence on this platform is evidence of exactly that. (Well…that and two kids + a busy phase of life making free time non-existent!) It’s become clear that the very foundation of the primary theological evidence we have today…
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“Jonah, For Once Would You Just Think Of The Cattle?”
Have you ever had something you could not have possibly cared less about, and then wound up eventually caring greatly about that exact thing? The God of the Bible, if the text is to be assumed as univocal, certainly seems to do this. He wipes all of humanity out in a flood, then promises not…
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Biblical Giants. Real, Myth, or In-between?
Legends of giants have captivated people since the beginning of our ability to describe them. Legends exist in more than just the bible. Many cultures have stories of these inhumanly tall creatures. Since I was a child I was fascinated by the stories, albeit rather skeptical on their veracity. How would we not have any…
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Apologists: Dogma’s Retainment Specialists
You’ve probably heard the term apologist before. I don’t remember when I first heard it, but I thought it meant something along the lines of “A person who uses more in-depth scriptural interpretation to show how something in the bible is true, to convince non-believers of the veracity of the faith.” While that definition is…
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A Theory of God’s Omniscience
The first Men in Black remains one of my all time favorite movies. It’s probably in the top 20. As any successful cash generator before and after, it of course spawned sequels. The third movie, cleverly called “Men in Black 3” introduces a few characters. One is an Archanan named Griffin whose special ability is…
