"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Legal restrictions in Israel are keeping one American and all of Israel wondering if the Temple vessels from the Second Temple have been located, and a new account of President Trumps inauguration day creates an interesting mythology.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Going once,twice... one of the only Bible's to ever travel to space is up for auction, atheists tattle on a man handing out Bible's outside a public school, and a host of new discoveries of old objects.
The Psalmist writes, "I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name..." (138.2a). When you give thanks to God, what name do you call him by? I bet you end your prayers "in Jesus name", but is that right? A while back a reader emailed me asking about the name Yeshua. For the uninitiated, Yeshua (also Yehoshuah) is the Hebrew name of Jesus and it means “salvation.” If this is Jesus’ Hebrew name, how did we come to know the Son of God as Jesus? The simple answer is language.
It's a joke we invented in college, and I confess I still use it from time to time. During a discussion or debate, should the other person accuse me of being judgmental, I remind them of this truth, "I'm not your judge, but I agree with Him." Usually said with a smirk. it is used to help lighten a conversation rising in intensity, but there is nothing light about the All-Powerful Lord, the Pantokrator (pant-oh-kray-tore). Pantokrator is a name for God that not many protestants are familiar with, but it is very old and very telling.
The book of Ruth is a charming story just waiting for Disney or Pixar to turn into an animated classic. Tragedy and difficulty leads to a whirlwind romance and a happy ending. Along the way we meet interesting characters and foreign customs and witness acceptance, faithfulness and redemption. The book is enjoyable on this level, but become something more when we look deeper. Boaz's actions to redeem Ruth and her family name symbolize the work of Christ in the church. Jesus takes for himself a Gentile bride as described by Paul in his letter to the Ephesians:
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: A double-secret version of the book of Leviticus apparently supports homosexuality and the LGBTQ agenda, and a Bible, "weaponized" by "twisted" and "monstrous" Christians, is removed from a military display for soldiers missing in action.
Before we properly met she knew that I was a regular attender and that I sat with my parents most every week. I knew she was an accomplished guitarist and singer. Even though we both knew something about the other we wouldn’t say that we knew each other. Knowing someone requires one crucial piece of knowledge: that person’s name. Which brought a question to my mind later in the day: Why should it be any different with God? Each Thursday for the next several weeks we will take you through the names of God to understand it's meaning and to know God more intimately.
Mark it on your calendar, Think-Biblically.com is officially declaring 2018 the Year of Bible Proofs. Technically it began in November of last year with the opening of the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, which we covered here. While it opened in November, it now has all its exhibits up and ready for patrons. Just across the street from the world famous Smithsonian, it is a beacon of light revealing how the Bible has impacted America's history politically, and in civil rights and social justice issues. It does all this through the exhibition of 40,000 artifacts.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Seniors in California win the rite to study the Bible, the leader of the White House Bible study is under fire, and Canada rules that Christian law schools must abandon Biblical values if they want to keep their accreditation.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: Is China going to create their own "Communist-approved" translation of the Bible? Also, ancient scrolls that disappeared five years ago resurface, and a Hebrew prophets tomb is restored and open for visitors once more.
"Media" used to mean "print media" like books and newspapers, but the world has grown. Today media can also mean radio, television and movies delivered to personal computers, tablets and cell phones. As the world's best selling book of all time the Bible continues to make headlines, both good and bad, across all forms of media. This week in the Bible and Media: At a time when social media is attacking the Bible and Christian speech, politicians try to use the Bible to justify their political agendas and a famous composer's study Bible sheds light on his faith.
Once in a while I read something so backwards I wish I were dyslexic — if only to understand it better. An opinion article in Monday's Washington Post is one such piece. Written by a professor at Northeastern University, Suzanna Danuta Walters asks the question, "Why Can't We Hate Men?" As a feminist speaking to other feminists she admits that she's hated men for a long time and it rankled her when her more moderate sisters would say things like, "we don't hate men" and "men are not the problem, the system is." The article is an attempt to rally women toward a universal hatred of half the world's population.
