“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve…
After the death of Saul, the leaders of the northern tribes came to David at Hebron. The leaders of Judah recognized that Yahweh had chosen David to be the leader of the tribe of Judah, “David brou…
By Elizabeth Prata After two essays about characters from the Old Testament and two essays on characters from the New Testament (linked below), I return to the Old Testament to discover more about …
Check out the So We Speak podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Cole and Terry answer five big questions they have received from listeners about the Israel-Hamas War. What is the distinction between geographic Israel and historic Israel? The Old Testament people of Israel were God’s chosen people. Until the time of the kings, Israel operated as a theocracy in attempting to obey the law of Moses. The kings brought in secular thought as they became more like the surrounding nations. Israel was rec
By Elizabeth Prata Numbers 13:33 says, There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight. T…
By Elizabeth Prata The Roman Forum. EPrata photo I studied Colossians 2:13-15. I especially enjoyed Colossians 2:15- “And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacl…
This is my summary of the book, Nicaea and its Legacy, An Approach to Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology, 2004, by Lewis Ayres. He is a Catholic theologian and Professor of Catholic and Historical Theology at Durham University in the United Kingdom. This book was recommended to me by the theology faculty of my local university. Based … Continue reading "Lewis Ayres, Nicaea and its Legacy"
By Elizabeth Prata This week I saw a stunning photo from the Ark Encounter twitter stream. Then yesterday I found two books about Genesis, one was a scientific and devotional commentary on Genesis …