Is the Bible Anti-women? Part 2

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In Genesis 2 God said that it was not good for man to be alone and then created the very first woman. If all people, men and women, would listen to God and make every effort to live out his plan for their lives, that would solve most of our problems. I’m talking about big things – war, food scarcity, sex trafficking – but also the little things – couples that argue over household budgets and whether or not the toilet seat should be left up or put down. If each Christian, regardless of what the rest of the world is doing, would read the Bible and pray, seek God’s will and let the Holy Spirit lead – put pride and ego aside and work together as the Spirit leads – then we could still know peace on a personal level. If only, right?

That intro almost turned into its own sermon. Let’s look at this passage from Matthew 23:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Matthew 23:37

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Is the Bible Anti-women? Part 1

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There are many books, Bible studies and so forth on women that did things in the Bible. That’s not what I’m going to be doing here. I will posting twice, once from the Old Testament and once from the New, about why the people claiming the Bible was written by people in power to keep others under subjection are wrong. If you want to read about Queen Ester saving the Hebrews or Jael driving a tent stake through a guy’s head those articles/books/podcasts should be easy enough to find. We are starting in Genesis 2.

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Thoughts on Three Hebrew Children

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Daniel 3 tells the story of Nebuchadnezzar setting up a golden image, most likely made in his image, and three Hebrews who refused to bow down to it.

Two thoughts on the Hebrew Children cast into the fiery furnace in Daniel 3: While we know them collectively as the Hebrew Children by the names Shadrach, Meshach and Abendnego, those were the names given to them by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Their Hebrew names were Hannaniah, Mishael and Azariah. We do not identify the Hebrew Children by their Hebrew names, those are not the ones that everybody knows. Let’s ignore the fact that they were not children either; that’s a whole other rabbit hole we could go down.

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As God Intended?

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There is an ongoing debate over ending the changing between Standard and Daylight Saving Time every spring and fall. I mentioned Saturday that the House recently passed the Sunshine Protection Act which now moves to the Senate.

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Satur-deja Vu

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It’s been a while since we published a Satur-deja Vu or a Happy Monday post. It’s been a slow couple of days at work, those happen sometimes but not often. Will there be a Monday post? Should you expect another Saturday post next week? Who can say? I’m not going to stress over getting them out on time every week but truth be told, I miss it. I still squirrel things away into folders just in case there is someone that might view them someday. So here it is, a little weekend jaunt that we used to call Satur-deja Vu.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, number 23 if anyone is counting, began June 11, 2026 and will end with the championship match tomorrow evening. This evening at 5 PM EDT France and England will play to see who finishes in third place. Tomorrow Argentina and Spain will play for the World Cup title.

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It was Always More than Israel

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I want to respond to this infographic in a way that is clearly thought out and well organized. During the incarnation, Jesus was an observant Jew. His chosen Apostles were Jews. They kept the Sabbath and the festivals and traveled to Jerusalem when required. But the spirit and intent behind making this image and sharing this particular information is misguided. This is from a person taking a very narrow view of the scripture and encouraging others to do the same.

Let’s begin with context. The verse quoted from Matthew 15 takes place between Jesus and a Cannanite (or Syro-phoennician) woman. It is a test of faith which she passes, leading to Jesus answering her request and healing her daughter. When I pointed this out to the original poster, or at least the person I saw post this on Facebook, the conditions and qualifiers came out. Her claim is that anytime Jesus did something for Gentiles it was as an example to Israel. This woman’s daughter was healed, and the centurion’s daughter was healed, yes because of their faith but more importantly as an example to Israel. They were merely object lessons, Jesus was not ministering to them. Examples are not ministry; at least that was the claim. Jesus marveled at the faith of the Roman centurion, commenting that he had not seen such faith in all of Israel. The verse from Mark is his account of the same conversation with the same woman. Jesus didn’t go throughout Israel telling them his ministry was only to Israel. The quote from Luke was just after the birth of John the Baptst, before Jesus was even born. The prophecy of Zechariah, John’s father, was more about the ministry of John the Baptist than of Jesus. And John 4:22 was Jesus’s conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well. More on that in a bit.

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National Day of Prayer

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Today is the 75th National Day of Prayer. The theme is GLORIFY GOD AMONG THE NATIONS – SEEKING HIM IN ALL GENERATIONS. There will be a broadcast tonight from Statuary Hall in our nation’s capital streamed from the NDP website also available on YouTube, Facebook and several different Christian television and radio stations. You can download a Pray Across America Guide from that website. There are also events at churches and other public places throughout the day in every state.

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Holy Week

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This past Sunday at Unity Baptist I preached a message titled Holy Week. We read texts from Matthew about the Triumphal entry and the institution of the Lord’s Supper, which we shared following the sermon. I have posted each day this week on the events of Holy Week on the Unity Baptist website and linked to those posts each day from the church Facebook page. The most recent posts are linked in the left-hand sidebar.

Today is Holy Saturday, also known as Black Saturday. No lessons, no sermons, no miracles; just darkness and confusion on the part of those that followed Jesus. And now we wait.

Happy Birthday Mast Tab

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WordPress reminded me this morning that I have been on this platform for 18 years. If my blog were a person it would be an adult. When I first met Michael Spencer, his blog The Internet Monk had only been around three years. He had only blogged a total of 10 years when he passed away. I did not start blogging until he launched a podcast and began to transition away from posting as often.

I wanted to note the occasion. Since it caught me off guard there’s no bloggoversary special, lifetime stats, etc. Just the acknowledgement that it’s been a minute since I started doing this in 2008. Let me just encourage everyone reading to do well and do good.

Long live the blog.

Satur-deja Vu

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Exactly Similar – That describes when two things are the same only different. This week’s lead in is once again the weather but this time we’re talking about snow in the South and not a crippling ice storm. Athens could see 4 – 5 inches. Where I live, closer to Alabama, will gets bands of snow. There could be 1/2 inch or none at all, while locations nearby could see 1 to 2 inches. Then it will turn cold. Atlanta will stay below freezing from Saturday morning into Monday afternoon.

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