In 2010 I began working on something that I called Thine Is the Kingdom. It was a historical novel based on the book of 1st Samuel in the Bible. I wrote it from the viewpoint of a number of characters, some named in the Bible, some mentioned but not named, and some fictional. The fictional characters actually took center stage.
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Examining the historicity of 1st & 2nd Samuel, continued
In the previous post, I started my look at the historicity of some of the favorite stories in the Bible, which are the subject of my new novel Quest for a King, the first book of the proposed “Age of the Kingdom” series. The title “What Is Truth” is a quote of Pontius Pilate, when he was questioning Christ. Today, it is popular for people to talk about “my truth,” as if you can pick and choose what you believe to be true, but that is just a cop-out and gives permission to avoid truths that make people uncomfortable.
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Examining the historicity of 1st & 2nd Samuel
I read A LOT as a child.
I attended a very small denominationally operated school with a fittingly small library. By the time I left the school I had read every book in the library at least once.
I remember from my childhood a series of books called “Really Truly Stories.” I don’t remember reading them, but I always remembered the name of the series.
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I’ve always loved history. I know, I’m a nerd, but not just a history nerd; I’ve been a band nerd, an audio-visual nerd and a coding nerd.
I love history enough that I have always read books on history and watched documentaries without it being required so, in college, I discovered that I could take sociology courses to fulfill my humanities requirement. As a result, I didn’t take a single history course in college. I figured I already knew it all (!).
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If you are a friend on Facebook, you know I’ve been focused on writing screenplays of late, but a series of events led me to dust off a novel I had worked on and had thought was finished, but I now realize I needed to rethink it.
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So every once in a while, I do a personal blog, as opposed to a political blog, to update on what’s been going on.
I haven’t posted about this until now, because it was a new thing, and I wasn’t sure how I’d do, but I just wrote a screenplay “for hire.” It is based on the story of Philip Hicks, of Jesus Behind Bars ministry, who became a Christian after being shot in the course of a burglary and spent about five years in prison. But that was a miracle, because he was originally given consecutive life, plus 10, plus 5 years sentences. Hicks’ book is titled “The Cross and the .357 Magnum.” It was a great experience and my second (official) draft has been approved!
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We often hear, “We will soon run out of oil” as a reason to abandon gasoline-powered vehicles, but we shouldn’t accept that statement at face value. There are at least two assertions which require backing up with facts:
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Articles this week declared that California is moving forward with a total ban on the sale of gasoline powered vehicles by 2035. Everyone knows that California is a state on wheels, with around 2 million vehicle registrations each year, so that is a huge move that will have far-reaching effects. Technically it is new gasoline-powered vehicle sales that are banned. Used gas vehicles could still be sold and traded. Currently, only 12% of new cars sales in California are plug-in electric vehicles.
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I guess I was in college the first time I heard Credence Clearwater Revival’s Apocalyptic-themed song “I See a Bad Moon Rising.” Good chance, since they recorded it in 1969 and I started college in 1970. The song is all about bad things happening that presage the end of the world.
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In the space of less than one week, the Supreme Court has handed down four rulings that are not just historic, but seismic in terms of their political and societal implications. Each of the rulings are major victories for freedom, though those on the left may not see it. Here’s what I mean.
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