Author Archives: Plymothian

We will exult and rejoice in you;     we will extol your love more than wine;     rightly do they love you. 5 I am very dark, but lovely,     O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar,     like the curtains of Solomon. … Continue reading →

The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; 3     your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out;     therefore virgins love you. 4 Draw … Continue reading →

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the … Continue reading →

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[c]of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the … Continue reading →

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool[c]of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the … Continue reading →

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said … Continue reading →

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that theLord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said … Continue reading →

My students are reading a book I was assigned at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the doctoral program.  The book is by Timothy Keller and it is called Every Good Endeavor.  The Amazon summary of the book reads: With deep … Continue reading →

My grandmother, the formidable Myrtle May, could point out a hussy when she saw one.  The hussy would be described as brazen or shameless.  The last descriptor sounded rather attractive to me.  My grandmother used it to describe a woman … Continue reading →

As I continue to think about the design of a happy marriage, I have to start with singleness.  Whether you believe in a literal Adam or a figurative Adam, or no Adam at all, the Bible wants to teach that … Continue reading →