Have you ever considered why God’s people sing? From the outside, it may seem strange that a regular practice of God’s people when they meet together is singing. Outside of the church, there aren’t many places this occurs. Maybe the crowd sings along with a band at a concert or…

I am currently writing this from sunny San Diego. Olive Tree is attending the Evangelical Theological Society meetings this week. This week’s readings finished out Joshua and Acts and covered the first half of Judges. Week 11 Readings Joshua 19-24 Judges 1-10 Acts 19-28 Joshua 19-24 In the closing chapters…

You may have heard that there are different accounts of creation in some ancient Near Eastern sources. While there are similarities between these accounts and what we find in Genesis 1–2, many significant differences remain. These leads some to view the biblical account of creation as a polemic against the…

I’m late in posting again. This time around, it was our shiny new website that was taking up my attention the beginning of this week. But again, better late than never! This week we started the books of Joshua and Acts. It’s great to read these two together, because they…

The interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2 reveals the sequence of kingdoms from Babylon to Rome. The significance of this sequence comes at the end when the God of heaven sets up a kingdom unlike all the others. This eternal kingdom breaks all the other kingdoms into pieces and…

Last week I mentioned in my intro that Fall weather was finally here. As I sit to write this post, there is snow on the ground outside. It is definitely not expected and, if I’m honest, not very welcome yet. This week is also a rather interesting week for just…