Biblical Authority And The Covenant Code

Last night we had the first of six sessions at the church looking at difficult passages in the Old Testament. Our evenings are being guided by Dr. William Morrow, Associate Profess of Hebrew and Hebrew Scriptures at Queen’s University.

Deepak Chopra Reviews “The Tree of Life”

I can only imagine that a flattering movie review from writer and spiritual entrepreneur Deepak Chopra comes as manna from heaven for a major contender in the competition for the Oscars. But, I hope Terrence Malick does not read Chopra’s recent take on his film “The Tree of Life”.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-review-of-the-tree-of-l_b_1240536.html?ref=religion

“A Violent Book”

I am tired of hearing reports of Christians claiming that the Koran is “a violent book.” Before we cast aspersions on any sacred text for containing violence, we would do well to ponder some of the passages contained in the texts we claim as the foundation for our own Christian faith.

In this post I have listed a sample of texts from the Bible that should cause Christians to think twice before accusing anyone else of having sacred texts containing violence. It may be asking a lot to expect anyone to read all the texts I quote below. But it is important to wrestle with the fact that these passages are contained in the book read in many churches Sunday by Sunday ending with the declaration: “This is the word of the Lord.”