The Old Testament Blog Posts

“the roots of gay oppression”

by Norah Carlin   Introduction   Marxists, since Marx and Engels themselves, have always believed that only a socialist revolution could open the way to sexual freedom and equality. Engels, whatever the limitations of his own nineteenth-c...
by sparrows and sandcastles on Apr 11, 2013

archaeology refutes the bible

by Daniel Lazare   Not long ago, archaeologists could agree that the Old Testament, for all its embellishments and contradictions, contained a kernel of truth. Obviously, Moses had not parted the Red Sea or turned his staff into a snake, but it...
by sparrows and sandcastles on Sep 30, 2012

the cloud of unknowing

  The past few days reggaed by, Bolt-speed, as I yawned my way through stacks of books with titles as excruciating as The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, The Tribes of Yahweh: a Sociology of the religion of liberated Israel, and The Creative Suffe...
by sparrows and sandcastles on May 4, 2012

The First Resurrection

All those who share in the resurrection of the righteous are said to be blessed and holy, and the second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
by Laboring In The Lord on Mar 7, 2012

The Wisdom Of God

Think about that for just a moment, the wisdom of God. That would be some lofty wisdom indeed. I sure would like to have that wisdom.
by Laboring In The Lord on Feb 13, 2012
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