The Bible is Not a Children’s Book – Page 2

DON’T SANITIZE THE BRUTALITY. Daniel 3:29.

I’m all for telling Bible stories to little ears. Children should hear about Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, the life of Moses, and more. But if G-Rated versions are all you know, the stories do not make sense. If you never grasp the evil of Noah’s day, you will think God was mean to punishContinue reading “DON’T SANITIZE THE BRUTALITY. Daniel 3:29.”

God Can Wipe Out Armies With a Word. Ezekiel 39:9

Benjamin Franklin was known to be a deist, believing God to be a distant watch maker who set the planets in orbit, then took no further interest. Yet, as he aged, Franklin’s views appear to have changed. After all–he was an eyewitness to the incredible David vs Goliath victory when the rag-tag Continental army defeated the armiesContinue reading “God Can Wipe Out Armies With a Word. Ezekiel 39:9”

GHOST STORIES IN THE BIBLE. Ezekiel 37:1-10.

Do you believe in ghosts? There are stories in the Bible that make you wonder—events science can’t explain—or as Hamlet put it after talking to his father’s ghost: “There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” God brought Ezekiel to a valley filled with dry bones—millions of dry,Continue reading “GHOST STORIES IN THE BIBLE. Ezekiel 37:1-10.”