This series is a selection of those bible texts that bother us. The good folks at Deloraine Baptist are encouraged to come up with them. But then, so are y’all out there in cyberspace who follow these teachings. If there’s a passage that you struggle with, let me know in the comments section.

 

22 February 2026

Predestination or Free Will? Protestants have argued about this for five hundred years. How hard can it be to resolve?

 

 

08 February 2026

Christian Baptism. Not exactly a ‘loose end’ but I had to put it somewhere. Is baptism essential for salvation? Is infant baptism valid?

 

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25 January 2026

03 – Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:18-20). What is the reason behind the mysterious command to eat bread without leaven? And why did it have to be removed from the homes of the Iraelites?

 

 

04 January 2026

02 – The Divine Council (Psalm 82:1). Who or what are the ‘the gods’ that God judges among?

 

 

14 December 2025

01 – Jephthah’s Daughter. What do we do with this passage in Judges eleven in which Jephthah vows to sacrifice his own daughter?