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One man, working through the Bible with the best tools he has, with the door open so you can walk in and watch the work.
A public study log. Field notes from one working-class IT guy in Jackson, Ohio reading in Michael Heiser’s lane — divine council theology, Ancient Near East background, the strange and the supernatural taken seriously.
Not a ministry. Not a platform. One person doing the work with the door open. More about what this is →
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Series
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Logos Field Notes
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What the Image of God Actually Is — And What It Means to Be an Imager
Ask most people what the image of God is and you’ll hear the same answer: our reason, our…
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How I Study the Bible
I am not a seminary graduate. What I have is a large library, years of reading, and forty…
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Jephthah’s Study of Judges 11
Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter or dedicate her to lifelong service? A full read of Judges 11 —…
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Lesser Gods of the Old Testament Pagan Deities
The Old Testament names dozens of rival gods — Baal, Asherah, Molech, Dagon, the Queen of Heaven, the…
The Forge
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The Business of Busyness
Thoreau works the same ground as the Stoics: being busy is not the same as having a purpose.…
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Very Little Is Needed
Philippians 4:11 — Paul borrows the Stoic word autarkēs but adds one word that changes everything: he had…
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Real Good Is Simple
Marcus Aurelius argued the cardinal virtues — wisdom, self-control, justice, courage — are the only goods that never…
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The Tool Takes the Shape of the Hand
Socrates refused to write because he feared writing would let us stop remembering. Plato wrote anyway. We barely…
Myth Busters
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The Gate That Was Never There
You have heard the sermon: a low postern gate in Jerusalem’s wall called the Eye of the Needle,…
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The Tool Takes the Shape of the Hand
Socrates refused to write because he feared writing would let us stop remembering. Plato wrote anyway. We barely…
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The Chosen: Biblical vs. Fictional Characters
The Chosen has reached more people with the biblical narrative than most films in a generation. A working…
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ABBA — Father
You have probably heard a sermon claim that Abba means “Daddy.” That idea traces back largely to Joachim…
Beyond the Desk
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Nolan’s Odyssey: Every Strength, Every Weakness, Nobody in the Room
Grading it nine to ten, not one to ten. Christopher Nolan shot the Odyssey on IMAX film and…
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The King in Yellow (1 of 4)
Pizzolatto didn’t invent Carcosa or the Yellow King. He borrowed them from Robert Chambers, 1895. Reading the source…
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The Drive Home From Mead
I smoked heavy for ten years. Then one afternoon, driving home from the paper mill, I ran out…
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How Fight Club Helped My Fear of Flying
A bumpy flight to Phoenix triggered five years of crippling fear of flying. Then Tyler Durden’s brutal honesty…