Explore the Post Topic: Difficult Texts

Ezekiel 23:1-49 – Samaria and Jerusalem, Two Wanton Sisters

Ezekiel 16:1-63 – Israel, the Unfaithful Wife

Jeremiah 42:7-17 – God’s Regret

Jeremiah 14:1-15:9 – Repentance That Comes Too Late

Jeremiah 13:20-27 – The Violence of Female Metaphors

Isaiah 45:5-7 – I Make Weal and Create Woe

Psalm 137 – By the Rivers of Babylon

Psalm 69:19-21 – Vinegar for My Thirst

Psalm 38:3 – There Is No Soundness in My Flesh

Job 42:10-13 – Job Receives a Double Restitution

Job 42:1-6 – Job’s Final Response

Job 41:1-11 – Last but not Least: Leviathan

Job 13:1-12 – Do Not Lie for God

Job 1:6-12 – The First Encounter between God and Satan

Ezra 9:1-10:44 – Ezra Works to Reconstruct the Community

1 Chronicles 4:9-10 – Jabez’s Prayer

2 Kings 3:1-27 – Jehoram of Israel Consults Elisha

2 Kings 2:1-25 – Elisha Succeeds Elijah

1 Kings 1:1-2:46 – Bathsheba’s Power Play: Solomon Becomes King 

2 Samuel 24:1-25 – David’s Census

2 Samuel 13:1-22 – The Rape of Tamar

2 Samuel 13:1-14:33 – Like Father, Like Son

2 Samuel 11:1-15 – David and Bathsheba

1 Samuel 28:3-25 – Saul Consults a Medium

Judges 19:1-21:25 – Civil War

Judges 17:1-18:31 – The Origin of the Sanctuary at Dan

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 – Choose Life!

Deuteronomy 14:2-21 – Clean and Unclean Animals

Deuteronomy 5:18 – Adultery

Numbers 25:1-13 – Sin and Atonement: The Baal of Peor

Numbers 22:22-35 – Balaam and His Talking Donkey

Numbers 5:11-31 – An Ordeal to Test Suspected Infidelity

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 – Laws about Homosexual Acts

Leviticus 10:1-7 – The Deaths of Nadab and Abihu

Exodus 14:13 – Don’t Be Afraid, Stand Firm!

Genesis 34:1-31 – The Rape of Dinah

Genesis 22:1-19 – The Sacrifice of Isaac

Genesis 20:1-18 – Abraham, Sarah, and Abimelech

Genesis 19:1-29 – The Sins of Sodom

Genesis 6:5-7 – The Flood Story: A Grieving God, Not an Angry God

Genesis 3:14-19 – God Announces the Consequences for Human Sin

Genesis 2:18-25 – It Is Not Good That the Man Should Be Alone

How the Book of Job Changed My Life

The Bible on Sexuality and Marriage

How Should We Talk with Young People about the ‘Adult Content’ in the Bible?

Why Do We Suffer?

Bible, God, and Natural Disasters

Did God Forsake Jesus on the Cross?

How Do I Read the Book of Revelation?

Is God Violent?

Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

Paul Hated Women — Or Did He?

7.138: Does God anoint presidents?

5.100: What Might Have Been Going on between Ham and Noah?

3.79: What on Earth Is the Story of Tamar Supposed to Mean?

3.75: Why Not Throw Out Parts of the Bible That Are Troubling, Like Genesis 22?

3.69: Lightning Round Part Two

3.68: Lightning Round Part One

2.60: Is There Baby Eating in the Bible?

1.39: The Bible on Sexuality and Marriage

1.37: How to Talk to Young People about “Adult Content” in the Bible

1.33: Why Do We Suffer?

Wrath of God: Amos

Sacrifice of Isaac: Genesis 22

Marriage: Hosea

Faith Works: James

Satan in Job

Significance of Job

Samson: Hero or Terrorist?

Marriage to Foreigners: Nehemiah

Who Is He: Philemon

Enemies in Psalms