The Bulls of Bashan
Roy Blizzard III © 2023 In Psalms 22, the Psalm that Jesus quotes from the cross, we read in verse 12 in the KJV and verse 13 in the Hebrew text that “Many bulls have encompassed me; strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.” This appears to the average reader pretty straightforward when it’s […]
Who is a Good Samaritan?
By Roy Blizzard III & Bill Smiley © 2012 Based on Luke 10:25-37 In the New Testament we read an account that many have misunderstood. Seemingly, it contradicts traditional Judaism and thereby makes it look as if Jesus, somehow, transgressed God’s law. Contained within this parable are several “odd items” which commentators have overlooked. A […]
Yet The Dogs Eat of the Crumbs Which Fall from Their Masters’ Table
Roy Blizzard III © 2012 In the New Testament in Matthew 15:21-28 is a simple, but to most people a strange story, that has given rise to all sorts of erroneous Christian and Atheist theology. We find here devils, pagans, dismissing disciples and a seemingly apathetic Messiah who insults the suffering. This is a story […]