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On the context of the ancient world and the Bible ––– from daily life and practices to overarching historical narrative, events, and anthropology of empires, nations, tribes, religions, cultures, and more.

Against Formlessness and Our Vocation Toward Visible Holiness —

On sacred art, rituals, gestures, and visual patterns of devotion in God's holy kingdom.

Against Formlessness and Our Vocation Toward Visible Holiness —

On sacred art, rituals, gestures, and visual patterns of devotion in God's holy kingdom.

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Before meat suits were fashionable and Gnosticism was the new black, before Baptism was reduced to works righteousness and Communion was trivialized to a game of Simon Says, and long before our world was particles and plastic, the visible world augmented divine intentionality. The physical
All the King’s Horses —

Did Solomon have forty thousand or four thousand stalls of horses? Comparing 1 Kings 4:26 to 2 Chronicles 9:25.

All the King’s Horses —

Did Solomon have forty thousand or four thousand stalls of horses? Comparing 1 Kings 4:26 to 2 Chronicles 9:25.

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Although the Bible claims to be the supernatural revelation of God unbelievers claim that it is nothing more than a human production full of errors and contradictions. One example they point to is 1 Kings 4:26 which records that “Solomon had forty thousand stalls of
‘Twas the Night Before Council —

And other legendarium of Saint Nicholas and the Christmas season.

‘Twas the Night Before Council —

And other legendarium of Saint Nicholas and the Christmas season.

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It was a cold winter’s night in Nicaea when a sudden blizzard enclosed the known world. Unprecedented as it was, bishops trudged across Christendom by hoof and foot to assemble in what was to be the first real effort to obtain a sacred consensus—the First
Stone Vessels & Jewish Purity —

Ancient customs of ritual purity in Second Temple Judaism.

Stone Vessels & Jewish Purity —

Ancient customs of ritual purity in Second Temple Judaism.

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First century Judaism had as a uniting symbol the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple centralized the giving of sacrifices, and the various annual celebratory festivals of Israel. Though the Temple and festivals were important, there was much more to ancient Judaism than this unifying