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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 years of wrestling with a God I could not fully explain. Here is how the work actually gets done.
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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 host of heaven. A tiered reference to who they were and what each claimed authority over, read through the Divine Council framework.
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Moses at the Threshold: The Circumcision Crisis
Exodus 4:24-26 is one of the most startling and contested passages in the Torah — Yahweh attacks Moses on the road, and Zipporah saves him with a flint knife and a covenant act. A divine-council reading of why the household had to come first.
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Divine Council Inventory: Heavenly Beings and Fallen Entities
The Old Testament presents a populated heavenly realm — beings of various ranks, roles, and alignments operating within Yahweh’s cosmic order. In Heiser’s divine council framework, these aren’t poetic metaphors. They’re real entities with real functions, some faithful, some in rebellion.
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ABBA — Father
You have probably heard a sermon claim that Abba means “Daddy.” That idea traces back largely to Joachim Jeremias in the mid-twentieth century, and it has stuck in popular preaching ever since. But the case does not hold up — and what the word actually means is something heavier.