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Can we learn anything from Indiana Jones about the power of the Ark of the Covenant? – 1st Samuel 4:1b-7:17, Preview

I suspect most of you have seen one or more of the Indiana Jones films starring Harrison Ford.  In the films, Ford plays Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, a professor of archaeology who has numerous adventures wearing his famous fedora and wielding a whip.  In the first film, Raiders of the Lost Ark, “Indy” tries to stopContinue reading “Can we learn anything from Indiana Jones about the power of the Ark of the Covenant? – 1st Samuel 4:1b-7:17, Preview”

Why I’m studying a disputed text from the life of Jesus – John 7:53-8:11, Part 1

This week on the blog, we are talking about a disputed story in the life of Jesus. Disputed? What does that mean? Open a Bible to John 7, and look between verse 52 and verse 53.  There’s something important written there we need to talk about.  If you are reading from the New International Version,Continue reading “Why I’m studying a disputed text from the life of Jesus – John 7:53-8:11, Part 1”