Category Archives: Bible

Reading In and Around the Bible: Colossians, Ephesians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy

Posted on Friday 17 June 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

These follow Romans chronologically, written from 60 to 67, along with Philippians, Philemon, and Titus, which I read but about which I don’t seem to have taken any notes. (These epistles by Paul, or his surrogate, are all pretty similar.) … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Romans

Posted on Thursday 16 June 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Returning to my notes upon reading sections of the Bible for the first time. The last couple posts here were about Genesis, but before that I’d finished the New Testament, and left off with the two books of Corinthians, trying … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Genesis, part 2

Posted on Tuesday 7 June 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

A bit more Genesis, before pausing on this subject for a while. 2:9, And in the garden were two trees. An extremely potent metaphor: one is a tree of life, one is a tree of knowledge, and the latter is … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Genesis, part 1

Posted on Thursday 2 June 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

I finished up the New Testament a couple weeks ago, and have notes and comments on those latter epistles, and Revelation. I then circled back to the beginning, to read Genesis itself, rather than merely comments about it, and since … Continue reading →

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Ehrman, JESUS BEFORE THE GOSPELS: Memories, Stories, and the Gospels

Posted on Wednesday 11 May 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve read eight or ten books in recent weeks that I haven’t yet blogged about here (including three SF novels), but I plan to catch up. First, mentioned earlier as remarkably coincidental considering my recent Bible reading, is a new … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Epistles of Paul, 2

Posted on Sunday 8 May 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

First Corinthians: 1:7, “as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ”. Another allusion to Paul’s prediction of the imminent Second Coming, which has conspicuously failed to happen for some 2000 years now. Again, why hasn’t this most … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Epistles of Paul, 1

Posted on Sunday 8 May 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Working my way through the New Testament; after the four gospels, and Acts, much of it is the epistles of Paul, seemingly the creator of the Christian religion. (My current plan is to read through the rest of the NT … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Acts

Posted on Thursday 21 April 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Latest set of notes on my readings, for the first time in my life, of the books of the New Testament, reading as a non-believer, inclined to skepticism, often to simple bemusement. The history of the world of supernatural claims … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible: Divorce and Homosexuality

Posted on Monday 18 April 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Still writing up notes on the Biblical book of Acts, which I finished reading last Friday, and working my way through Ehrman’s JESUS BEFORE THE GOSPELS, which I’ve returned to after having read the four gospels. Ehrman’s comments about Jesus’ … Continue reading →

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Reading In and Around the Bible, 5: John

Posted on Friday 8 April 2016 by Mark R. Kelly

Latest set of notes on my readings, the first in my life, of books of the New Testament, finishing yesterday the Gospel According to John. (I earlier skimmed the OT but have been reading the NT itself.) Sources of commentary … Continue reading →

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