The Bible’s Mystical Numbers. Reading time: 6-7 minutes. I’ve always been intrigued by the numbers the Bible writers used repeatedly. To me, the Bible’s mystical numbers seemed to be code words with hidden meanings. Where they only significant in Jewish-Christian tradition or did those numbers have similar meanings in other cultures? This post is my […]
Reading time: About 7 minutes. Our understanding of Satan Most of us know who Satan is. Some view him as an imaginary, mythological character, while others believe he is 100% real. He can be a cartoon figure to some, and evil incarnate to others. He could be a material or a supernatural being. Whatever he […]
Zombies and the Bible, Reading time: 3-4 minutes. What does scripture say? In the last decade, as I studied European and American culture, I’ve recognized that no matter what the issue, if you dig back far enough, you will usually find a Christian influence. In this blog post, I’ll use the unexpected example of zombies. […]
Santa Claus is Coming to Town. Reading time: About 3-4 minutes When I was a youngster, like everyone else in the English-speaking world, I was very familiar with the lyrics to the “enjoyable” Christmas song, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” I didn’t so much like the lyrics but was intrigued by them. Some lines seemed […]
Reading Time: About 4 minutes Most of us aren’t aware of the fascinating history of something we use every day—the Gregorian calendar. Pope Gregory XIII introduced it in 1582 to modify the inaccurate Julian calendar that was devised in 46 BC. Julius Caesar had introduced the Julian calendar to replace Rome’s ten-month calendar from 750 […]
The Garden of Eden I’ve always been very confused about where humans originated. When I was a child, and my mind was a blank slate, I was taught that Adam and Eve were the first man and woman on earth. I learned that they lived in a garden called Eden, which was somewhere in what […]
Reading Time: About 10 minutes Part One: The Dilemma Sometime in our distant past, our species, homo sapiens, developed the mental capabilities we now possess. That first spark of intelligence was most likely inherited from species that preceded ours, although many people feel that it was directly instilled in us by some supernatural being. […]
This summer I launched my book and dealt with a very hot, dry summer. The summer was an ordeal because we have lots of plants, birds, and squirrels we wanted to keep healthy. Then, my wife and I went on a vacation that had been postponed for two years due to Covid. I’m ready to […]
At my book launch party, it occurred to me that it would really help my readers if I supplied some sort of index for the book. I had avoided that during the writing and editing phase because it would have been overwhelming for me at that time. I spent so much effort on the glossary […]
For my first blog post, like in my book, In Search of Christian Origins, I want to begin by taking the reader on a trip back in time to present one concept of how religions originated and evolved into what we see today. In this and other blogs I will pass along a synthesis and […]