Blogging is a tough thing for me because I’m pretty stuck on myself. When I’m asked a question, it is rare that I take the time to consider if I actually have anything worth saying before my mouth starts running. If you have any doubts about this, just ask my wife. But I’m working on … Continue reading »
Author Archives: jmanguno
Ye Olde Theology Blog: Dating Language and the Road to Source Criticism.
Whenever I want to sound fancy and old, I put on my monocle and start using “ye” in all of my sentences. Because Ye is the old timey way of saying “the” right? Well, not exactly. The y in Ye is actually a substitute for the Old English letter thorn þ, which makes the “th” … Continue reading »
How to Train Your Dragon: Hebrew Bible Edition
So YouTube user Nathan83 has already done a phenomenal job at answering the question about how we find unicorns in the Bible, but what about dragons? Well, that is a little more complicated, but it also has bearing on something Christians are talking a lot about nowadays: creation stories. See, we are all familiar with … Continue reading »
Divine Leg Locks and Demythologized Folklore
If I were writing this blog 15 years ago when I was first introduced to jiu-jitsu, no one would know what a leg lock was. For that matter, no one would know what a blog was. But now little old ladies talk about the UFC over their morning coffee, and a quick YouTube search will … Continue reading »
Got $15? If So, You too Can Rape an Unbetrothed Virgin
In a March 15, 2012 article on FoxNews, the Associated Press reported on a particularly disturbing story about a young Moroccan girl who was forced to marry her rapist, and commits suicide as a result.[1] The article states that, “In many parts of the Middle East, there is a tradition whereby a rapist can escape … Continue reading »