Studies
Bible Study: Exodus 1-15
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008We recently deiced we wanted to have a weekly Bible study here a work and I’ve been asked to start if off.
I think I’m going to do Exodus 1-15 broken into 4 weeks, it’ll be pretty condensed but I didn’t want it to (and can’t have it) drag on forever either.
The main goal I’ve been […]
On Mendenhall: Exodus 15
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Somewhat in honor David Noel Freedman who sadly recently passed away [links: 1,2,3,4,5] I thought I’d tackle a subject Mendenhall discusses in his book and that Freedman (and Cross) wrote a journal article for JNES about in 1955, mainly Exodus 15:1-21 or “The Song of Moses” also known as “the Song of the […]
On Mendenhall: Introduction
Thursday, April 10th, 2008I’m not sure what to call this series, its loosely based off notes I jotted down while reading George E. Mendenhall’s Ancient Israel’s Faith and History: An Introduction to the Bible in Context which is far too long a title to put in a blog post so I’ll just reference Mendenhall himself in the post […]
Wash Me Thoroughly From My Iniquity?
Thursday, September 7th, 2006Rituals that cleanse the body to purify the soul are at the core of religions worldwide. Now scientists find these ceremonies apparently have a psychological basis.
Researchers discovered sins actually seem to urge people to clean themselves, a phenomenon they dubbed the “Macbeth effect” after dramatized murderess Lady Macbeth, who vainly tried scrubbing her hands clean […]
Study: People Judge According to the Flesh
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006Do you judge a book by its cover? How about people …
Talk about snap judgments! People decide whether another person is trustworthy within a tenth of a second, a new study suggests.
I usually just judge people by whether they are ugly or not (okay not really) — but apparently generally people throw in a few […]
Risky Art of Squaring Science with Religion
Thursday, April 6th, 2006The LiveScience Blog has a post today titled “The Risky Art of Squaring Science with Religion.”
I think a better way to phrase that would be “The Risky Art of Squaring Naturalism with Religion” that is much more accurate. God transcends Nature; miracles violate Nature that’s what makes them miraculous. Squaring Religion with science […]
Journal of Paleolimnology: Did Jesus walk on ice?
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006Doron Nof, Ian McKeague and Nathan Paldor have published an article in the Journal of Paleolimnology in which they posit that patches of ice have (possibly in the time of Jesus) and can (however, not in modern times due to climate changes) form in Sea of Galilee, patches they suggest might account for the story […]
Crucifixion Medical Study Followup
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006Matthew Maslen, one of the authors a study called “Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion” commented on my earlier post about the study. After re-reading my comments I realize I came off a bit hard on his cohort Dr. Mitchell — when really my annoyance was mostly centered on the press […]
Geometry and the Image of God
Thursday, March 30th, 2006According to a team of international scientists that studied an isolated group of Amazonian villagers who had no schooling or experience with graphic symbols or maps. Humans are apparently naturally inclined to understand geometry (however in my case not Algebra.) Which leads to the question, is geometry and math in general in the […]
Prayer Equals Higher Rate of Complications?
Thursday, March 30th, 2006According to one study, perhaps you should stop praying for people that are having heart bypass surgery! Note, see a previous post.
Power of prayer flunks an unusual test
Large study had Christians pray for heart-surgery patientsNEW YORK - In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that having people pray for heart bypass surgery […]
Researchers Study Prayer’s Influence on Healing
Friday, March 24th, 2006(WASHINGTON POST) - At the Fairfax Community Church in Virginia, the faithful regularly pray for ailing strangers. Same goes at the Adas Israel synagogue in Washington and the Islamic Center of Maryland in Gaithersburg.
In churches, mosques, ashrams, “healing rooms,” prayer groups and homes nationwide, millions of Americans offer prayers daily to heal themselves, family, friends, […]