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* I graduated from high school in 1975. It seems like it was only 25 years ago. I’ve still got business to mind but time for minding it is always quickly drawing to a close. *

“It may be that we will get a better understanding of this saying of Jesus if we in fact avoid the word ‘church’; in modern times it has the ideas of denomination, organization, administration, Protestant, Roman Catholic attached to it. It is true that in Greek the word is ekklesia, but in the...

“Four main suggestions have been made. (a) Augustine suggested that the rock in question is Jesus himself, and that Jesus is saying that the Church is founded on him, and that Peter will be honored in it. (b) It is suggested that the rock is Peter’s faith, that, to change the metaphor, Peter’s...

“Second, whatever the meaning of this is, there is no doubt that it was a very great compliment to Peter. To call a man ‘a rock’ was high praise. A rabbinic saying says that God said of Abraham: ‘Lo, I have discovered a rock on which to found the world.’ Abraham, so the rabbis said, was the rock...

“No sooner had Peter made his great discovery than Jesus made to him a great series of promises. These promises have been the subject of much and embittered controversy, and we must seek to find the mind of Jesus in them. (i) There is the promise to Peter: ‘You are Peter and on this rock I will...

* Not that there’s anything wrong with squeezing wool or applauding molecules. *

“And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” (Matthew 16:18, NET) ”There can be no higher tribute than to call a man a rock.” (William Barclay, The Mind of Jesus, p. 173)

“The mark of trustworthy teachers in the church is the measure with which they defer in their teachings to the teachings of Jesus.” - Frederick Dale Bruner

Surprise is a symptom for some - the ignorant and unwary - of the problem. It doesn’t do anything to solve the problem.

* Hmm. Calming visuals. *

A short and ”tame” original trailer for the movie. (I watched a longer trailer but deemed it inappropriate to post here.) The falsehoods - for that is what they are - will be instantly recognized by Bible readers. But what about those who formed and will form their impression of the Bible from...

A review of the movie by Dr. Claude Mariottini, an Old Testament scholar. “Although the movie is based on the biblical story of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Solomon, the movie is highly fictionalized and departs almost completely from the biblical text. The whole story about the Queen of Sheba...

I did something yesterday which I seldom do: I watched a movie “based” on the Bible. ”The fabulous story of a wise king and the beautiful queen who tried to conquer his young nation!” The story, as depicted in the movie, is virtually entirely false. The movie is entertaining but truth in...