Tag: Old Testament

  • Audio from talk on Old Testament violence at Holy Ghost

    For those who were interested, below is a link to the audio from my talk on violence in the Old Testament this past Monday at Holy Ghost. It’s very echo-y since it was in the parish hall and the train passed twice, but you should be able to hear it okay. Old Testament Violence (right-click/ctrl-click…

  • Forum Questions – I'm Thinking about Starting One

    The idea of starting a forum scares me a little bit because I do not know how much work it would be for me to moderate.  But, I’m thinking about adding one.  I just noticed that it was actually an option that through BlueHost I can use SimpleScripts to add bbPress (put out by WordPress)…

  • #1 Old Testament Site … Mine!

    Apparently, I have the #1 Old Testament site on the entire internet … at least according to Jim West.  And, isn’t that really the only thing that matters?  😉 Whether or not he is right about my site, he is right about one thing.  If our blogs don’t contain a bit of self-effacement “we take…

  • Pod Bible – A Very Cool Audio Bible Site

    HERE is a link to PodBible.com a project associated with Tim Bulkeley among others.  It is by far one of the best free audio Bible sites online.  There are a number of exceptional things about it, but one really sticks out.  There are free audio Bible downloads of a modern translation.  As I have stated…

  • Ralph Klein's Summary of Isaiah 50.4-9 (and Free Book Chapters from Israel in Exile)

    Here is Ralph Klein’s summary of Isaiah 50.4-9 (today’s Old Testament reading)  from chapter 5 of his book Israel in Exile: 50:4-9. In this poem the servant commits himself to his vocation even in the face of opposition. Like the servant of the first poem (42:3), and like Yahweh himself (40:29-31), the servant helps and…