It rsquo s not a bad way to sell a book put secret in the title somewhere And in light of Dan Brown rsquo s success in selling books which are historical and theological nonsense but which claim to unlock age-old secrets why not use it in the title of a book that makes mostly historical and t

I love the Bible for more reasons than I could possibly write in one blog post but I will stick with one reason here I love its oddly-angled continuities I could be describing my old house literally but I am describing the ways in which the coherence of the Bible takes its shape by winding and

With the Oscars still in mind in the Always the last to know category I received a phone call from the local Fox Network affiliate to talk to me about the revised edition of the New American Bible except they knew more about it than I Their slogan ldquo Wake up with Fox 9 rdquo now takes on

Don rsquo t worry be happy Is this at the heart of Jesus rsquo teaching in Matthew 6 24-34 in the middle of the Sermon on the Mount Did Bobby McFerrin sum it all up in his 1988 hit It seems to me that McFerrin rsquo s feel good song shares some of the joy and delight in daily life that Jesus

Many consider Leviticus boring containing as it does so many of the laws of Moses listed one after another Yet it is important to keep in mind how powerful Leviticus is as a text containing as it does so many of the laws of Moses listed one after another The power comes from a serious assessm

At the end of the last post on Verbum Domini I asked ldquo How to convince them people today that reality is actually found in Scripture How to convince people that nature is not simply cruel and purposeless and that winning is not found in the nbsp one who dies with the most toys Benedict to

Breaking rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money lsquo cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won These are the opening lyrics to a great rock n rsquo roll song by Sonny Curtis I Fought

With respect to recent and not so recent posts in this blog on Verbum Domini a reader Susan nbsp sent in a link to an article concerning a nbsp talk by Cardinal Marc Ouellet in Spain in which he discussed Verbum Domini and a crisis with respect to the study of the Bible The article cites him

When it comes to determining the Super Bowl winner chances are that people forget to see what the Bible says about football Just let me go check this out for a minute hellip I rsquo m back It turns out nothing Football is not mentioned once in the Bible not American Canadian or ldquo Soccer

ldquo You are a water jug carrying within you the living water but if water has lost its ability to quench thirst what use is it rdquo ldquo You are a sign but if the sign is hidden beneath seven foot banks of snow who will know the way to go nbsp Dig out the sign from the wintery snow an