In the last part we looked at what Jude had to say about the judgment of the angels in chains and now I turn the attention to 2 Peter...

Now, let us return our attention to the passage in Jude that we mentioned earlier. This is one of the few stronger passages that show an e...

We left off last time in starting to look at the "Son of Man" discussion, so let us now pick up by looking at another example ...

We ended in the last part with a little diversion on determinism in Hebrew thought, so now back to the path at hand. What benefit doe...

I would like to step outside of the Bible in order to step back into the Bible - well sort of something like that. I’d like to start ...

In the prior three parts I have been looking into the cultural aspects and understandings of the actual surface level story of the prod...

In the first two parts we looked at the prodigal son himself. His request, his leaving, he ruin and his return. After his return, the atte...

In part one we began looking at the prodigal so n parable, covering th rough where he has left his people, cut all ties and rights to th...

Most people familiar with biblical stories, have heard of the well-known parable commonly referred to as the Prodigal son, which is found ...

The Bible's Cutting Room Floor: The Holy Scriptures Missing from Your Bible by Joel M. Hoffman My rating: 3 of 5 stars ...

Okay, we come to the close of this little series, as we wrap up the cultural understandings behind this parable, and how a better underst...

We have looked in the first two parts at parables and cultural understandings in general, as well as the specific parable in question in ...

In part one we laid a little foundational work on parables in general and some basic hermeneutical practices often forgotten by modern re...

I would like to take a look at a parable that you are all probably familiar with, but one where much of the meaning gets lost by our mode...

The Real Mary: Why Evangelical Christians Can Embrace the Mother of Jesus by Scot McKnight My rating: 4 of 5 stars Very enjoyable rea...

Christ and the Kosmoses by Charles W. Asbell Scripture Research - Vol 4 - No. 14 My rating: 4 of 5 stars This little book was actual...

The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants by Kenneth E. Bailey My rating: 4 of 5 stars I real...

Jesus v. Jerusalem by Joel McDurmon My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book, it not only really covered the parables tex...

Jesus and the Land by Gary Burge My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book, and right after I started reading it I noticed tw...

Section five is the final section of the book I've been discussing, Reinventing Jesus , and it takes a look at the accusations that Chri...