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Nov 2, 2018
11/18
Nov 2, 2018
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Missing Bible verses, Greek gods, and bronze serpents, oh my!
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Oct 14, 2018
10/18
Oct 14, 2018
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Matthew's account of Jesus' death has a detail no other account has. What's up with that?
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Sep 17, 2018
09/18
Sep 17, 2018
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Does the appearance of the first truly red heifer in 2000 years signify the end of days is nigh?
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6.0
Sep 6, 2018
09/18
Sep 6, 2018
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Why did Jesus have to die, and not God the Father?
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6.0
Aug 28, 2018
08/18
Aug 28, 2018
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“Fun with the Apocrypha” by Dante Stack now available as an ebook (or paperback). Order your copy today!
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Aug 23, 2018
08/18
Aug 23, 2018
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Dante gets himself twisted into a pretzel knot trying to deconstruct Paul's train of thought in Romans 7.
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4.0
Aug 20, 2018
08/18
Aug 20, 2018
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Before delving back into Biblical questions, Dante reflects on 10 takeaways from his year in Russia.
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5.0
Aug 10, 2017
08/17
Aug 10, 2017
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Jesus lived in a certain time and place... does his behavior as a 1st century Galilean show us how to live in every possible human situation?
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Aug 3, 2017
08/17
Aug 3, 2017
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Dante's concluding thoughts on Biblical henotheism.
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5.0
Jul 20, 2017
07/17
Jul 20, 2017
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Dante offers a warning to himself... and to you.
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Jul 13, 2017
07/17
Jul 13, 2017
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Do any of these wacky theories affect us at all? Does it change the way we interact with the Gospel? With Jesus? With the whole big shebang???
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Jul 6, 2017
07/17
Jul 6, 2017
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If Yahweh has been playing a delicate game of chess with the other Elohim, what game plan has the opposition had?
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Jun 29, 2017
06/17
Jun 29, 2017
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An obscure reference in Daniel to "the watchers" sparks a mesopotamian search for the truth behind the myth.
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Jun 22, 2017
06/17
Jun 22, 2017
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Is Leviathan a dinosaur, myth, or something more?
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4.0
Jun 15, 2017
06/17
Jun 15, 2017
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Using extra-biblical writings, Dante leaps into the unknown, connecting dots from Nephilim to the Greek pantheon.
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6.0
Jun 8, 2017
06/17
Jun 8, 2017
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Dante wrestles with competing views as to when the book of Daniel was written.
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8.0
May 25, 2017
05/17
May 25, 2017
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Who are the Elohim that God speaks to in Psalm 82? What part do they have to play in God's plan?
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May 18, 2017
05/17
May 18, 2017
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Jesus calls himself the Son of Man. We call him the Son of God. What do these terms mean, and what implications do they bear?
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May 11, 2017
05/17
May 11, 2017
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Push aside your angel mythology and preconceptions. The Old Testament gives a different definition to the word 'angel' than we may have suspected. The implications may be vast.
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5.0
May 4, 2017
05/17
May 4, 2017
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Dante invokes aboriginal monkeys in order to convince guest Pastor Clint Wright that universalism sure seems nice. Why can't we all embrace it?
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5.0
Apr 27, 2017
04/17
Apr 27, 2017
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Dante walks through a 60 hour panic attack he had over the apparent contradiction in Exodus 6.
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Apr 20, 2017
04/17
Apr 20, 2017
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Psalm 82 has God standing in the midst of the "the gods". What does that mean? The answers lead Dante to insanity, more or less.
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Apr 13, 2017
04/17
Apr 13, 2017
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Can you come up with a half-decent definition for the kingdom of heaven?
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4.0
Apr 6, 2017
04/17
Apr 6, 2017
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Should we read the Bible with the assumption that we're getting a SUFFICIENT history of the world? Or, is that not the point? And if that's not the point, what stories remain just below the surface?
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Mar 30, 2017
03/17
Mar 30, 2017
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Werewolves can only be killed by silver bullets. Does faith have an achilles heel?
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5.0
Mar 23, 2017
03/17
Mar 23, 2017
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Jesus says whoever wants to gain his life must lose it, so should we seek to lose our lives... literally?
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Mar 2, 2017
03/17
Mar 2, 2017
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Dante reviews the Biblical references to the renown figure called "antichrist"
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Feb 23, 2017
02/17
Feb 23, 2017
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Are there any clues in the Bible to what the forbidden fruit really is?
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Feb 9, 2017
02/17
Feb 9, 2017
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If we're no better than Ananias & Sapphira, is there any reason that we shouldn't receive the same fate?
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Feb 2, 2017
02/17
Feb 2, 2017
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Dante gives an emphatic and emotional response to the Martin Scorcese film, "Silence"
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Jan 26, 2017
01/17
Jan 26, 2017
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The gospel is translated as "good news". What exactly makes it good, if it condemns over half the population to hell?
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Jan 19, 2017
01/17
Jan 19, 2017
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Is it really true that God is waiting for the Gospel to preached to every tribe on Earth before he returns?
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3.0
Dec 22, 2016
12/16
Dec 22, 2016
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Connecting Zarathustra to Chirstmas since 2016!
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2.0
Dec 15, 2016
12/16
Dec 15, 2016
by
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The odd story of Phinehas raising questions concerning God's decision-making process.
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5.0
Dec 8, 2016
12/16
Dec 8, 2016
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How do you deal with God's silence when things go bad?
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2.0
Dec 1, 2016
12/16
Dec 1, 2016
by
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eye 2
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Jesus kept the scope of his ministry strictly to the Jews. Why?
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3.0
Nov 17, 2016
11/16
Nov 17, 2016
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Are there any actual, tangible, practical consequences for breaking God's laws?
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9.0
Nov 10, 2016
11/16
Nov 10, 2016
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Guest host John Martindale invades the 2 Kings story of bald Elisha and the she-bears that ripped to shreds the boys that mocked his baldy-baldy-baldiness!
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4.0
Nov 3, 2016
11/16
Nov 3, 2016
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Luke tells the same story three times in the book of Acts. Why?
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4.0
Aug 18, 2016
08/16
Aug 18, 2016
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Dante briefly comes back from hiatus to discuss Trump and Chrisitianity!
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3.0
Mar 18, 2016
03/16
Mar 18, 2016
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Dante discusses with Jonathan Benedetti, John Martindale, Mike Hazeltine, and Caleb Rackley about how to avoid the arrows of the Bible and get closer to God.
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3.0
Mar 4, 2016
03/16
Mar 4, 2016
by
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eye 3
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Does God wipe away every puppy dog's tears?
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3.0
Feb 26, 2016
02/16
Feb 26, 2016
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Hebrews 6 paints a certain picture. There's only 2 ways to interpret it and neither of them are pretty.
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2.0
Feb 19, 2016
02/16
Feb 19, 2016
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If there's nothing new under the sun, why are we still playing the game?
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10.0
Feb 12, 2016
02/16
Feb 12, 2016
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2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles disagrees about which giant Elhanan killed... it's kinda a big deal.
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4.0
Feb 5, 2016
02/16
Feb 5, 2016
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In his letter to Titus, the Apostle Paul seemingly makes an absolute statement about people from the island of Crete. Is that okay?
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Jan 29, 2016
01/16
Jan 29, 2016
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Dante, never the practical thinker, tries to actually outline 4 approaches to living out his faith in the modern world.
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Jan 22, 2016
01/16
Jan 22, 2016
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The Gibeonite people demanded to hang seven sons of Saul. David gave the men to them, and God seemed to bless the arrangement. What's really going on here?
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Jan 15, 2016
01/16
Jan 15, 2016
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The word Lilith appears in the Bible just once, but the cult of strangeness surrounding the name is a tale as old as time.
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Jan 8, 2016
01/16
Jan 8, 2016
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Is it okay the Bible borrows the title "King of Kings" from other Ancient Near East cultures?
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2016
2016
2016
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Looking over the first 50 episodes of the show, Dante's learned 4 whole new things to fear!
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5.0
Dec 16, 2015
12/15
Dec 16, 2015
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From the beginning of time, the traditions we associate with Christmas have been on display.
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8.0
Dec 16, 2015
12/15
Dec 16, 2015
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Examining the differences between Matthew and Luke's versions of the birth of Jesus, Dante draws some new(ish) conclusions.
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2.0
Dec 11, 2015
12/15
Dec 11, 2015
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Dante parses Jesus' statement, "Give to Caesar's what is Caesar's," and uses that as a means to examine the current political climate.
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4.0
Nov 27, 2015
11/15
Nov 27, 2015
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If Christians are new creations, seen as spotless in the eyes of God, then why do I feel like a crook?
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2.0
Nov 20, 2015
11/15
Nov 20, 2015
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Dante is frustrated when the definition of faith proves to be the very thing he didn't want it to be.
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4.0
Nov 13, 2015
11/15
Nov 13, 2015
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Jesus said that if you even have faith the size of a mustard seed, then you can move mountains. Levitated any hills with your faith lately?
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Nov 6, 2015
11/15
Nov 6, 2015
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Dante invites his brother-in-law on the show to wrestle over the apparent differences between the violent God of the Old Testament and the pacifistic Jesus of the New Testament.
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4.0
Oct 30, 2015
10/15
Oct 30, 2015
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Dante tries to summon up some real fear by imagining three scenarios that are existentially terrifying.
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5.0
Oct 26, 2015
10/15
Oct 26, 2015
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Just a quick promo for a new blog post about doubt infused with horror on dantestack.com
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2.0
Oct 23, 2015
10/15
Oct 23, 2015
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Reeling from the last episode on the book of Judges, Dante examines what it is that holds him to Christianity.
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4.0
Oct 16, 2015
10/15
Oct 16, 2015
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The Old Testament book of Judges chronicles a series of very unfortunate events. Why is this panoply of miserable stories in the Bible? Dante tries to reconcile himself with the book by examining the genre of it, and thus, our lens of interpretation.
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4.0
Oct 9, 2015
10/15
Oct 9, 2015
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A young ruler came up to Jesus calling him a "good teacher". Jesus responded by saying no one is good but God... so why do you deep down think you're a pretty good person?
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Oct 2, 2015
10/15
Oct 2, 2015
by
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How far can we go in applying interpretations of Jesus' parables to modern events and situations? Dante throws out three examples... you decide if they fall flat or not.
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4.0
Sep 25, 2015
09/15
Sep 25, 2015
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Is their forgiveness for the Judas among us? If you are tortured and buckle under the pain, recanting everything you believe in, will God let you past heaven's gates?
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Sep 23, 2015
09/15
Sep 23, 2015
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Is it possible to fully believe two contradictory beliefs? Dante will test your might and try to convince you of two completely opposite positions to the old idea that the only unforgiveable sin is to blaspheme the Spirit by renouncing your faith. Bam! Come get it!!!
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4.0
Sep 18, 2015
09/15
Sep 18, 2015
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What if there are rules that God has chosen to follow and enforce that we don't exactly know about? Dante wrestles with blasphemous thoughts as he serenades himself with clapping for tinkerbell to help make sense out of three persnickety Biblical passages.
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2.0
Sep 11, 2015
09/15
Sep 11, 2015
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Still scratching his head over the bizarre 2 Kings chapter 3 passage, Dante takes 10 different approaches in order to figure out how demons interact with humanity. Warning: this episode is like a Jackson Pollock of podcasts.
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2.0
Sep 4, 2015
09/15
Sep 4, 2015
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Do the gods of the nations surrounding Israel have any power? Are they merely wooden and stone idols, or is there something else behind them? The answer isn't as apparent as it may seem.
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Aug 28, 2015
08/15
Aug 28, 2015
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If God made Solomon the wisest man who ever lived, then why did he act like such an idiot? Dante tries to reconcile the wisdom of Solomon with the Kings insane paganism.
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2.0
Aug 21, 2015
08/15
Aug 21, 2015
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What exactly does the Bible define as gossip; talking behind someone's back? One might come to that conclusion looking at Jesus' life and ministry, but the apostle Paul knows this guy... a guy he likes to call Alexander the coppersmith...
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4.0
Aug 14, 2015
08/15
Aug 14, 2015
by
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Do differences in the personalities of the New Testament writers echo a fundamental difference in theology? Dante loses his mind and starts looking for reasons to insult Calvinism. Fun times for all!
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6.0
Aug 7, 2015
08/15
Aug 7, 2015
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Recent movements in the Christian church in the West have emphasized social justice, perhaps even at the expense of preaching and teaching. Does the Bible support such a view? Dante finds evidence for both positions this week and has fun with Biblical translations in the meantime.
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5.0
Aug 1, 2015
08/15
Aug 1, 2015
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Sometimes a dissonance arises between what we say we believe and what it actually turns out we truly hold as true. This week, Dante goes through a self-reckoning in dealing with his doubts about prayer.
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Jul 24, 2015
07/15
Jul 24, 2015
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When the Israelites were scouting out Jericho, the prostitute Rahab hid them and lied to keep them safe. God blessed her for doing this... so does that give us license to lie sometimes?
