Category Archives: Arguments

Today

By | May 14, 2010

I’ve been reading erotic literature all day.  Incredibly powerful, delightful, exquisite, and God-honoring.  There are a lot of songs, but this is the best.

Psalms and the OT

By | April 21, 2010

I’m working on Psalms now, and as usual, I’m not going to be able to comment here on most of it given my weariness and my continued development of thought.  But a brief thought tonight. The book of Psalms advances the narrative of the Old Testament.  It’s not “off on the side,” sort of a… Read More »

Between Hosea and Jonah

By | March 17, 2010

I’m not doing as much with this blog as I have in the past, and I’m not sure what the next few (or many) months will look like.  This research/writing project is taking more time than I had hoped.  I had planned fixed boundaries, both on each day and for each book (of the Bible). … Read More »

1-2 Kings

By | March 8, 2010

This morning I begin 1-2 Kings.  Here’s how the book looks in Wordle. Today is the first day since I started this project that I have been on schedule.  That won’t last long if I continue to find distractions like Wordle.

Salvation in Judges

By | February 25, 2010

I was reading a chapter on the book of Judges today and I came across a sentence that stopped me in my tracks. God did not wait until His people had cleaned up their lives (i.e., repented) before He saved them.  He delivered them when they cried to Him for help ([Judges] 3:9, 15; 4:3;… Read More »

On Judges and Reading Whole Books

By | February 23, 2010

Today I read Judges.  I don’t know exactly, but I estimate that I spent about five hours reading through the book (once).  It was an exceptional journey.  I’ve suggested here before that we need to read more books (and less stories and chapters).  Things come to life in a different way if you read the… Read More »

Deuteronomy

By | February 16, 2010

I have a strict schedule for my arguments project this year, but unfortunately I got a couple of days behind right at the start with the Israel return and illness.  This past week I’ve been working on Deuteronomy, but when I woke up this morning I had not written any of my argument proper (I… Read More »

Leviticus

By | February 2, 2010

A few weeks ago in Jerusalem, I was on a tour of the Western Wall tunnels with an Israeli guide.  She’s a fifth-grade teacher by day, but she supplements her income by taking tourists along through excavated passageways in the evening.  As we had some time to talk personally, I asked her about her job… Read More »