Heresy in the Heartland

"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever." Isaiah 40:8 and 1 Peter 1:24-25 "...

Come, abide within me; Let my soul, like Mary, Be Thine earthly sanctuary. -Gerhard ter Steegen (1729) How many December sermons did I...

"by Christoph Weigel, c1695" So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and hi...

And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. Scene from the film "Babette's Feast" Funny how our senses...

Rules for Priests [Priests] must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to ...

The Double Portion and The Two Bears When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from...

When we had exited fundamentalism and wrung the last nourishment we could get from the breast of evangelicalism, we switched to a chur...

The first juvenile executed in the North American colonies was a young servant of "about 16 or 17" named Thomas Granger, who was ...

     And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,      The...

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you wi...

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. They called to Lot, ...

    ...So he took [the Levite] into his house and fed his donkeys. After they had washed their feet, they had something to eat and drink. ...

Quick history review: One hundred years ago, women in America were still marching for the right to vote. An American suffrage event ...

I have to love Shalom Auslander. His memoir Foreskin's Lament  is poignant, amusing, daring, and unsettling. One minute it made me gigg...

I was about six when my parents gave me my own copy of the The Living Bible  and encouraged me to begin reading in Genesis. I loved the illu...