Warrior Poet

Let's explore King David's dichotomy. The man after God's own heart 1 was a poet and musician, yet he was also a consummate warrior. David didn't start that way.  David was the youngest son of Jesse and one of the last people you would expect to be king. When the prophet Samuel came to anoint …

The World During the Time of King David

Around 1000 BC1 The Hittites are gone in the Middle East, and the Aegean area and the Egyptian Empire are significantly weakened. In their place, the Phoenicians and Israelites are in ascendancy.  The Iron Age is beginning to lead to growing agriculture.  Indo-European peoples moved into what is now Iran, where they became the Medes …

What Is Real?

With AI improving, especially with images and videos, how can we know what is true or false? A picture used to be worth a thousand words, but now it's worth a thousand lies. Last year, an AI made a creepy picture of Will Smith eating spaghetti, and recently, I saw an AI fashion show that …

Thou Shall Be Nice

"The Lord helps those who help themselves." "Cleanliness is next to godliness." "Love is God." "Thou shall be nice." Here are four sentences that are not in the Bible. Go to Bible Gateway or a Bible app and search for the word "nice." It's not there.  The so-called 11th Commandment isn't a command. We're mixing …