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Tag: Humor

Bible Jokes

April 25, 2026April 25, 2026tomgaston

Some are quite lame but …

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Millennial Humor from Tabor

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026tomgaston

MILLENNIAL HUMOR Jesus and Satan argue about who is the better programmer. This goes on for a few hours until they agree to hold a contest, with God as the judge. They set themselves before their computers and begin. They type furiously, lines of code streaming up the screen, for several hours straight. Seconds before […]

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Men in Heaven Half Hour before Women?

April 9, 2025April 9, 2025tomgaston

Revelation 8:1 – When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 

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The Gospels’ Purpose – Humor

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025tomgaston

Here is how they can be described.

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Concern for Public Opinion?

November 28, 2024November 28, 2024tomgaston

A Pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The Pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again and it won again. The local paper read: PASTOR’S ASS OUT FRONT. The Bishop was so upset with this kind of publicity that he ordered the Pastor not […]

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Joel Baden – Yale Divinity – Hebrew Bible Interpretation

Abrahamic/Decalogue Faith

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Related Websites

  • Ancient Maps by Simeon Netchev
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  • Bart Ehrman
    • Summaries of the 66 Books
  • BibleMapper.com ***
  • BSA
  • Is That in the Bible?
  • James D. Tabor
    • United Israel World Union
  • Jason Staples
  • Jesus Words Only.org
  • Jewish Virtual Library
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  • Marg Mowszko
  • My Jewish Learning
  • NINT & Bart’s Courses on ThriveCart
  • ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
  • Personalities of the Bible-Adam to Nehemiah
  • Popular Archeology- GREAT Images
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  • Strong’s Interlinear Bible at BibleHub
  • Walk the Ancient Path
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Bibles OnLine

  • ASV 1901
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  • NRSV at YouVersion
  • NRSVue 2021 at YouVersion
  • Summary of Micheal Waddell’s reviews
  • Torah Library; JPS 2006

Religious Studies

  • 15 Historically Accurate Facts About Jesus
  • 300 OT quotes in NT
  • 50 Interesting Facts about Christianity
  • Ancient Hebrew Culture-Suzerain/Vassal Covenants
  • Bible Atlas at Project Gutenburg
  • BibleSpeak pronunciations
  • Bible Odyssey at SBL with Maps, Lectures
  • Biblical Time Machine w/ Helen Bond
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  • Contradictions in the Bible
  • CloudConverter.com
  • Early Christian Writings
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  • Freebies for Students by Marg
  • Gabriel’s Revelation at BAS by Israel Knohl
  • Jesus’ Resurrection: The Case for and Against
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  • Pronounce Words/Names
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  • TheTorah.com
  • Variant Readings-ancient book culture rcmd by RF Walsh
  • What Is Aramaic? BAS

Recent Posts

  • The Promised Land Is Not a Place
  • Tomb/Ossuary Terminology
  • Comparative Canon Lists: Marcion to Trent
  • Council of Trent
  • DSS and the “Original Bible”?
  • World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind
  • Social Life at Qumran based on Architecture
  • Marcion: An Overview by James Tabor
  • Yoseh, the name, and the Talpiot Tomb
  • Were Romans and the GJohn Dictated?
  • Mark as Inventive Playwright
  • Tikkun Soferim: The Emendations of the Scribes
  • Canonical Evolution of Pilate’s Innocent
  • The Case that Joseph Was Alphaeus
  • Tav (Cross) Marks: A Protective Sign
  • Middle Platonism
  • Origins of “Gnostic” thought
  • Virgin Birth: Anachronistic Genetic Assumptions
  • Roman Census Taking
  • Anachronisms in the Gospels
  • Temples existed in ancient Israel and Samaria?
  • Was Paul Possessed?
  • Geochemistry linking the James Ossuary to the Talpiot Tomb
  • Was the Serpent in the Garden Satan?
  • The Authenticity of the James Ossuary
  • CU’s July 4th 250th Celebration Service TEMP
  • Re: SBC and Women: How SBC responded to Slavery vs Women
  • Prehistoric Cave Dating Back Some 300,000 Years Uncovered
  • The Bronze Serpent (Nehushtan), Hezekiah, and the Israelite Religion
  • Bull Imagery in the ANE
  • The Arc: a Portable Throne, an Idol, the Cherubim?
  • The Maccabeeans Edited Deuteronomy?
  • Paul and Government
  • Paul, Who Was He? Per Paula Fredriksen
  • The Theudas–Judas Chronological Problem in Acts 5:36–37

Pre-Monarchy Pages & Posts

  • Abraham – Which Ur?
  • Abraham to Moses to the Monarchy
  • Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, and Ishmael
  • Pre-Abraham History & Archeology
  • Pre-Abraham Links to 4100 BCE
  • Outline – Abraham to Bar Kochba ***
  • Outline – Bar Kochba to the Ottoman Empire
  • Biblical Peoples
  • Historical Periods Chronologically
  • Conflicts with the Canaanites
  • Canaan and the Canaanites
  • Canaan Conquest Models
  • YHWH and the Canaanite god El
  • Was Israel formed from the merger of diverse groups?
  • Deuteronomistic History Books
  • The Moses Scrolls
  • Moses: He did not write it all.
  • Was Israel formed from the merger of diverse groups?
  • Names of God
  • Sea Peoples
  • Hurrians and Mitanni Empires’ Influence
  • Aronide, Zadokite, Shilonite, and Shechem Priesthoods
  • Who were the High Priests?
  • Iron Age and Bronze Age in Bible Times
  • Iron Age I & II Differences
  • Population of Ancient Jerusalem
  • Return to Canaan: Timing and Details of the Exodus Tradition
  • Tracing the Evolution of the Hebrew Bible by BAS
  • The Flood Story: J&P Versions
  • The Rise of Ancient Israel at BAR
  • Steles, Inscriptions, & Archeological Evidence
  • King Hezekiah, Isaiah, Micah, Babylon and the Shadow Miracle
  • Timeline of Biblical Text Composition
  • Steles, Inscriptions, & Archeological Evidence
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