David and Goliath First Samuel 16:12 to 22:19 16:12 In private the Lord told Samuel to prepare to soon be pouring oil on a new king’s head. Sam found what he thought was a good candidate for kingship living in the region of Judah and poured oil on the young boy whose name was David. […]
August 5, 2012
The Man Who Would be Kingmaker
Samuel and Saul First Samuel 1:1 to 15:19 1:1 There was a man who had two wives. One of them was Hannah. 1:5 Hannah was having problems becoming pregnant because the Lord had messed around with her lady parts. Hannah was majorly depressed about it. She cried a lot and refused to eat. She promised […]
July 29, 2012
The Perfect Woman
Ruth 1:1 Once upon a time there lived a man named Emilech and his wife Naomi. They left Judah for Moab with their two sons. Emilech died soon thereafter, leaving Naomi to raise the boys by herself. 1:4 The boys grew up and married a couple of Moabite women and then both boys died, leaving […]
July 22, 2012
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
Samson and Delilah Judges 16:4 to 21:25 16:4 Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah. The Philistine aristocrats offered Delilah a lot of money to find out the secret of Samson’s magical superman strength. Delilah wanted all that money. She wanted that money so very badly. Several times Samson lied to Delilah and […]
July 20, 2012
WWU Planetarium manager to view Mars landing
Published: Thu, 07/19/2012 Matthew Anderson WESTERN TODAY EDITOR Brad Snowder, manager of the Western Washington University Planetarium and lecturer in Western’s physics and astronomy department, has been selected by NASA to join a team of 25 social networking mission specialists working to create buzz about the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover on […]
July 15, 2012
The Lion, The Switch, and Thirty Wardrobes
Samson and the Foxes Judges 13:3 to 16:1 13:1 Again the children of Israel were being bad little children from the Lord’s point of view. So he had the Philistines conquer and rule over them for forty years. Meanwhile a childless couple of the tribe of Dan was visited by one of the Lord’s many […]
July 8, 2012
The Branch Manager
Abimelech and Jephthah Judges 9:1 to 12:1 9:1 A chaotic power struggle ensued following Gideon’s death and through various manipulations and lots of murders Gideon’s son Abimelech managed to get himself crowned king. Meanwhile Abimelech’s brother Jotham was upset with the arrangement and the murders, so he made up a colorful analogy about how all […]
July 1, 2012
It’s Not a Perfect Science
Gideon’s Fleece Judges 6:1 to 8:27 6:1 The Lord got angry with the Israelites again so he helped the king of Midian take control of the tribes. The brutal oppression of the Midianites caused many of the Israelites to head for the hills and hide out in caves and such. Things looked pretty bleak for […]
June 27, 2012
Who Invented Christ?
Emperor Constantine was undoubtedly one of the major sparks that helped explode the Gnostic cult of Christianity into a full blown mega-religion. That’s just one of many things covered in this informative book: Jesus Potter Harry Christ by Derek Murphy Publication Date: November 10, 2011 Murphy’s work is a very thorough treatment (in spite of […]
June 24, 2012
Order in the Court
Ehud and Deborah Judges 1:1 to 5:26 1:1 The Israelite tribes each were given their own territory to live in, but occasionally they continued to kill remaining Canaanites indiscriminately, or run them off their land, or tax them severely and cut off their kings’ thumbs and big toes and such. Because so many of the […]
June 17, 2012
Astronomy 101
Battle of Gibeon Joshua 7:3 to 22:11 7:3 Joshua sent a detachment of only a couple of thousand troops to destroy the people in the city of Ai because for one thing they were so few of them. He also thought for sure they were wussies and would be a push over. That was a […]
June 10, 2012
Milk and a Little Honey
Battle of Jericho Joshua 1:1 to 6:1 1:1 Yahweh said to Joshua “Moses is dead. It’s up to you now. If you will be brave, I’ll be here to help you steal every parcel of land on which you step. So get stepping.” 1:12 Joshua reminded the tribes of Gad and Reuban that they had […]
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