One man reading the strange parts of the Bible carefully, in public.
No seminary, no ministry, no platform. An IT guy with a household to lead, working in Michael Heiser’s lane: divine council theology, Ancient Near East background, and the supernatural taken seriously. Every claim sourced so you can check it rather than take my word for it.
→Where to Start03
There are a few hundred pieces here now. If you are new, pick one of these three and ignore everything else on the page.
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Open a timeline
The Old Testament Timeline
Creation to Malachi across all 39 books, every era expandable, chapter and verse throughout. Best if you want the shape of the whole thing before the details.
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Read one essay
The Gate That Was Never There
A sermon illustration you have heard a hundred times, checked against the sources. No background required, and it shows you how the work here is done.
Three
Start a series
The Old Testament, part one of fifteen
Genesis 1 to 11, then forward through the whole story. Best if you would rather read straight through than jump around.
Bible Study Tools
Not posts. Interactive timelines you click through era by era, command centers that filter down to one card, a Greek concordance, and a fact checker for phrases people swear are in the Bible. 19 tools installed, still in beta, updates pushed out daily.
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Old Testament
Creation to Malachi in order, with Job, the wisdom books and Jonah set at the point they belong. Ends with the four hundred silent years.
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The Parables
Twenty-six parables filtered by who was standing there, which Gospel carries it, and what provoked it. Kenneth Bailey's Middle Eastern reading sits behind every card.
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Is It in the Bible?
Type a phrase people quote as Scripture and get the real verse back, or the honest answer that there is no such verse. 221 claims checked.
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Interleaved Bible
The narrative structure of Luke opened era by era, chapter and verse, with the Lukan exclusives marked.
What I Am Working Through Now
All series →Multi-part studies meant to be read in order. Each one starts at part one and runs to the end.
Series · 26 parts
The Parables of Jesus
Twenty-six parables of Jesus, one at a time, read the way the first hearers would have heard them. Kenneth Bailey's Middle Eastern reading, part by part.
Series · 12 parts
The Life of Jesus
The life of Jesus from the nativity to the ascension, twelve parts, with the familiar Sunday school picture checked against what the Gospels actually record.
Series · 15 parts
The Old Testament Story
The Old Testament in fifteen parts, creation to the four hundred silent years, following the timeline through Genesis, the kingdom, exile, and return.
Latest Field Notes
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Who Keeps the Record
Roy Batty spends his last minute on an inventory nobody else can carry. Qoheleth ran the same audit over vineyards and houses and called…
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Piety in Secret and the Treasure Problem (7 of 9)
Giving, prayer and fasting, each with the same warning attached. What the reward already received means, and why the audience decides the nature of…
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Why Did Paul Tell Women to Cover Their Heads? (11 of 12)
The passage argues from nature and then seems to contradict itself. One striking proposal about a single Greek word, and what is worth keeping…
●The Four Lanes04
Everything on the site sits in one of these. Same voice throughout, different depth and different subject.
Logos Field Notes
The heavy research. A passage, a person, or an idea worked through with the original languages, Ancient Near East background, and Second Temple sources.
Myth Busters
Claims most of us were handed in church that do not survive contact with the text or its history. Not hostile. Just checking the receipts.
The Forge
Shorter pieces on how to actually live. Stoic philosophy read alongside Christian conviction, which puts Seneca and Paul in the same paragraph fairly often.
Beyond the Desk
Life outside the study desk. Lifting, riding, the yard, the films, the drive home. Theology is not a head-only discipline.
Or have it come to you
New field notes by email as they are finished, with the sourcing and the rabbit holes that did not fit inside the post. Free, and there is nothing to buy at the other end.
Who Is Writing This
James. Jackson, Ohio. IT for a living, no seminary, no theology degree, a household to lead, and a habit of reading carefully.
What is on this site is what I am finding, written down as I find it, with the sources named so you can check the work rather than take my word for it. More about what this is →
