Puppies and Sippy Cups - Not

  When Jesus spoke to the crowds, He used images they knew to make His points.
  Sheep and goats.  Houses and storms.  Bread and wine.
  If He were addressing today's preschoolers, He may have referred to puppies and sippy cups.  
  People do that.  We are

Not Wilbur and Puppers

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.  Matthew 6:7NASB

Love, Holy?

Commentaries and Storytelling: Midrashim

  In my main blog, i'm doing (at a pace to make a snail seem lightning quick!) a series on some novels i've been reading about Ruth.

  We Christians refer to commentaries to learn more about Scripture.  We listen to sermons.

Is God Male or Female?

Somehow this has been a controversial question all my life.
i'm not sure why.

Confusing Verse: Burden or Load? Help or Not?

  Translations can keep us from understanding what God's Word has to say to us.

Finding the Books in Your Bible

 When i received my first Bible, i'd kinda wanted thumb tabs so that i could find the books more easily.
  Within a few years,