Eye of salves containing spit were actually a pretty common story. There's this really interesting mention in the book of Revelation where the Spirit writes to the church in Laodicea. Now, in the city of Laodicea, there were 3 major industries. There was a robust banking sector. There was a lucrative trade in wool that came from a particular black sheep that was cultivated in the region. And there was an ancient ophthalmology school that specialized in this particular Phrygian powder that they used to make a soothing eye salve that was put on eyes.

Mark 6 has a pretty wild story. "Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land. He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them." Mark 6:47-48 So what is going on here? Was Jesus really going to pass them by and head onto the shore by himself? Or does the writer have something else here in mind?

I think Esau is the hero of his story. So why does the Bible say God hated him?

We cross Lake Kinneret and delve into the story of Jesus encountering a man possessed by demons. The conversation gets a little scary, political, and eventually, heartfelt. You'll find yourself entranced as we discuss the metaphoric representation of the man's possession and Jesus' role in calming the storm and freeing the man.

Okay, we're not talking about science fiction here but there is a way to read the story of Jonah as a re-imagining of history. A story where the question is asked, "What if we had done one thing differently?" What if we had listened to God by caring for the poor and speaking grace to our enemies, and what if that changed everything?

The word "homosexual" doesn't enter the conversation until the 19th century in Germany and isn't used regularly until the 20th century in English. Before that, homosexuality wasn't considered part of someone's identity simply, a thing one might do. Which is why it doesn't enter the translations until around that time. Instead "boy molester" was probably considered a more pressing "sin" culturally to fit the term arsenekotais which is literally "man-bed".