Pilate’s Wife and the Power of Dreams
“Upon Awakening” by Elspeth Young There are 21 stories about people receiving revelatory dreams in the Bible, but only one of these stories is about a woman– the wife of Pontius Pilate, the Roman...
View ArticleWas Claudia Pontius Pilate’s Wife?
“Ecce Homo” (Behold the Man) by Antonio Ciseri(Notice Pilate’s wife and her maid standing in the right hand corner) Claudia is mentioned in Paul’s second epistle to Timothy when he sent him greetings...
View ArticleWere Tryphena and Tryphosa Female Missionaries?
Tryphena and Tryphosa, who were mentioned by Paul in his list of faithful Roman Saints in Romans 16, helps illuminate what we know about early Christian women’s participation in the church. In Romans...
View ArticleA Certain Woman Necklace
In September my daughter Rose was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It was an awesome day and an awesome experience. I have been meaning to write about it for...
View ArticleGod Comes to Women
I wrote this as an Instagram/Facebook post for Easter and it has gone viral in the past several days. I figured I better put it some place more official so that I can keep track of it and keep credit...
View ArticleWhat was the Temple like in Jesus’s Time?
3D Model of the Temple in Jesus’s Time The Temple in Jerusalem plays an important role in the New Testament. It was the center of the Jewish faith and consequently, was the center of many of Jesus’s...
View Article“I Will Go”: Rebekah’s Famous Refrain
Rebekah is the most determined and energetic of the matriarchs in the Old Testament. Not only does she seem to RUN everywhere, but she shows incredible resolve, wisdom and strength many times...
View ArticleWas Mary the Mother of Jesus a Musician?
Image from the movie “The Young Messiah” We don’t know much about the Mary, the Mother of Jesus but I think she may have been a musician. Perhaps not a formally trained one like we’d think of today,...
View ArticleThe Huldah Gates of the 2nd Temple
The Huldah Gates Artist’s reconstruction on what the Huldah Gates may have looked like in Christ’s day In Jerusalem, on the southern wall of the Temple Mount, stand the remains of two ancient gates....
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