bible outlaw

Here's every verse in the Bible that tells us about the Outlaw Joseph - enough to make him the official Christmas Outlaw. It was basically the Wild West of the middle east circa A.D. 01..  Just a Cowboy protecting his wife and son from surrounding evil.
Enjoy! and Merry Christmas.

Few discuss it - but there was indeed a war in heaven. The Book of Revelation has a chapter about it... well, it mentions it briefly in chapter 12 anyway. So let's see what the rest of the bible has to say about this cosmic battlefied and the characters involved. What does this mean for us humans?

So why would an outlaw become a Christian? Because even outlaws have a code and need something to make sense of their reality. A lawless existence would be meaningless and its universe wouldn't be worth living in. The Bible has a lot to say about this - and the Biblical God gave us the 10 commandments to deal with specifically this issue. Then the Thief on the Cross brought it all home. Enjoy!

Time to study John's 2nd letter to the Elect lady, or is that the church? Or perhaps a mistress? or just some special lady and her tots. 
We'll study this short letter and see what we can learn and figure out. God certainly thought it was special enough to be preserved through the ages. Enjoy.

The Book of life is mentioned more than a few times throughout the Old and New Testament. Can you be blotted out of it - or inked into it? Well, God has a few things to hint at about this strange collection and its contents.  Let's explore every single passage that the Bible mentions about it -  and see if it's as big and scary as the Harry Potter "Monster Book of Monsters".

Thomas "The Disciple" spent three years with Jesus, and he saw it all.  There was no reason for him to doubt anything about Jesus - and yet he did. We haven't spent three years with Jesus - and yet we are called "blessed" for believing without seeing. God has given us faith and logic to overcome doubt. There's no reason to believe anything else.

Let's look back at my book review of Avi Steinberg's The Lost Book Of Mormon. It’s a hilarious travelogue that deserves to be discussed - because anytime an author writes a religious/comedy offering, it's worthy of a Bible Outlaw critique. 
From this we can learn about Avi's time spent tracing the pilgrimage of historical Mormon characters from the middle east to north america - and we might just step in some stinky theology along the way. Be sure to wash your feet afterwords. 

Every day I come across internet media that informs me of what specifically is wrong with my  Christianity. But what's really wrong is that very few seem capable of properly defining this "Christianity" that they're evaluating. So let's see what exactly IT IS - and explore if it's really broken or faulty in any way. And we'll compare it to fast cars and sports,  just to see if folks are being fair. 

So what do we instantly recall about the minor prophet Joel and his short "3 chapter" book? Be honest... almost nothing. Some might know that the Apostle Peter quoted him and got charismatics all excited for 2,000 years. But Joel's point is really that a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, is about to come for the people God doesn't tolerate. There's lots to learn about this theme that runs through much of the Bible. 

Here's another religious book that I reviewed, "Jim and Casper Go to Church".  A somewhat liberal-progressive church expert drags an atheist to a few famous churches and we get to read about it. Fun stuff eh? So what did they learn --- and what do I think of their conclusions? Well, you can probably guess already. Enjoy!

Here's a book review I did of an amusing atheist book: 

Why There Is No God: Simple Responses to 20 Common Arguments for the Existence of God

by
Armin Navabi

NO harm in reading this stuff and seeing what profound questions they might ask --- or lazy attacks they thrust forth.  But it's a fine reason to brush up on my apologetics and theological skills.  I almost felt sorry for the author: he assumed all religions were equal and are afraid to be questioned. Hey, this Bible loving Christian LOVES questions. And laughingly, these were easy ones.  This will save you from having to actually read the book. Enjoy~