A Brief Snake Handling Journey
I visited Tennessee this week to meet with my PhD supervisor (who is based in Cleveland even though my school is Bangor University,…
Category: History
Judging Judges: The Cutting of the Concubine
I was just asked how one should deal with the story of the Levite cutting up his gang-raped concubine in Judges 19. Here…
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Just a fun post with a short music video because this song got stuck in my head a few days ago after a…
IHS – What Does It Mean?
I had a conversation with a couple of the ladies in my church today about a symbol that is imprinted into the fabric…
The Former Prophets: A Theological History
As I’ve been lecturing this winter semester (Providence University College) for my course “The Former Prophets” (i.e., Joshua, Judges, 1-2 Samuel, and 1-2…
Pentecost In North West Minnesota
I was given the following brief account (written by Mrs. Anna Vagle in 1958) of some of the occurrences in 1905-6 in north-western…