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September 2018

September 19, 2018
First, to continue from last week, is Isaiah's love of wordplay and pun, which drives...
September 08, 2018
Normally I'd begin with a link to my podcast and transcript... except it appears that...
September 06, 2018
Yes, everyone's favorite book is upon us. I'm not sure there's any sarcasm there; I...
September 03, 2018
BYU's Late Summer Honors offered a course recently called, "What Does it Mean to be...

August 2018

August 26, 2018
I really like Amos; so much, in fact, that I'm ignoring Joel completely today. I...
August 15, 2018
First off, my podcast and transcript on Hosea are here. The manual suggests primary focus...
August 15, 2018
Jonah Jonah is four short chapters. I've done a lot with Jonah in the past, addressing...
August 14, 2018
Raymond E. Brown SS, was a Catholic priest and Bible scholar, known for his Introduction...
August 12, 2018
Today we come to another little-read and little-known jewel of the Old Testament. It has not traditionally...
August 12, 2018
First, it looks like I didn't do a podcast for Lesson 31 OR 32 in...
August 10, 2018
As is my wont, I'm excited about a few books, two popular and two more...
August 04, 2018
Here's the link to my combined podcast of lessons 29-30, and transcript. I find the order of...

July 2018

July 28, 2018
Apparently, the idea has entered popular consciousness that in 2 Samuel 11, Bathsheba herself was...
July 28, 2018
Here's the link to my combined podcast of lessons 29-30, and transcript. These chapters are...
July 28, 2018
These are some of my favorite chapters. Elijah and his fiery talents inspired our creative...
July 08, 2018
In these chapters, "the golden age" of Israel comes to an end as United Kingdom...
July 08, 2018
We skip chapters to move into Kings today, but it's useful to recap the history....
July 05, 2018
Psalms is one of the most-often quoted books in the New Testament. Psalm 110, in...
July 03, 2018
As I gather most people are past these chapters, and I happen to be crazy...
July 03, 2018
Here's the podcast on these chapters, with some useful notes. The purpose of this lesson...
July 03, 2018
First off,  go listen to my old podcast here where I talk about David, Goliath, and the Philistines....
July 02, 2018
Today, we're focusing entirely on Ruth, and then just on a small section of Ruth....
July 02, 2018
First, here is my podcast for this lesson. Now, as we move into books like...
July 02, 2018
The Book of Judges begins with the death of Joshua, and is arranged in very distinct...
July 02, 2018
We are now out of the Pentateuch, into what's called the Deuteronomistic History, or DH....
July 02, 2018
“Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt...

June 2018

June 29, 2018
I've finally had time to update some Old Testament posts, and run into some technical...

May 2018

May 13, 2018
It was the last week of the semester, we got sick, and some other distracting things...
May 05, 2018
These chapters are all about Balaam, Balaam's talking donkey, God's power, blessing and cursing. The manual...
May 05, 2018
The Book of Numbers takes its English name from the Greek Septuagint title, a description...
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