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Bathsheba’s revenge
Yesterday’s post pointed out that according to both the Bible and the Talmud, Bathsheba was considered to be innocent. In spite of that, both medieval and Victorian artists portrayed her as a willing participant, perhaps the main seductress, and, at a minimum, one who should have known better, given the way she publicly exposed herself. […]
Bathsheba inkblot test
Was Bathsheba a victim or a perpetrator? Here is another inkblot test for you. The initial details of the story are deceptively simple: In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. […]
Jewish liturgical year, last thoughts
Sometimes, when we discuss theology, we forget to look at the human historical elements of a situation. The funny thing is that centuries later, we will talk about that situation divorced from the humanity of what happened and then wonder why we cannot understand how on earth the situation could have wound up the way […]
Of monkeys and watermelons
This past week a mayor in California sent out the above picture in an email saying that there would be no Easter Egg hunt this year at the White House. Now, as you know, about two weeks ago, a mayor metropolitan newspaper published an editorial cartoon that showed an assassinated monkey as the author of […]
My big fat Greek food festival
Besides church, I was invited today to the big annual ethnic food festival at the local Greek Orthodox parish. It was wonderful! I ate too much. I will regret it tomorrow, and I do not regret it in the slightest today. I had the opportunity to watch the different Greek dance teams, that ranged from […]
Confusing thoughts
The day before yesterday, my wife and I were at a gas station when we were hailed by a “typical” homeless person. By typical I do not mean to menospreciar (depreciate) the person, I am simply giving a description. He did not ask for money, but for a ride back to his sleeping area. He […]
The regulative principle
Steve Scott just pointed out to me a fallacy in the regulative principle. The comment was to a post that I wrote back on 10 January. What is the regulative principle? Well, just to remind you, the Westminster Confession of Faith says: The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship […]
Fr. Ernesto . . . take off your shoes
Today I had a “take off your shoes” moment. Through an unexpected series of events, I was suddenly invited at the end of last week to go to Kansas City to attend a convocation of people involved in various Orthodox charities. But, even to say “Orthodox charities” is misleading because it lets you picture a […]
Can we tell the difference between religiosity and spirituality?
A fellow blogger described the relationship between depression and the unending search for the right church. But that brought up a slightly different twist in my mind. How do you tell the difference between religiosity and spirituality? Internetmonk well described how depression can lead to an unending search for the Truth. In fact, part of […]
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