The tension: The Hebrew Bible repeatedly affirms YHWH as sovereign over all the kingdoms and the whole earth, but several New Testament passages — most notably the Temptati…
The tension: The Hebrew Bible's wisdom literature and older narrative strata treat death as terminal — the dead go to Sheol, lose consciousness, and do not return.
The tension: Deuteronomy 6:16 issues a blanket prohibition — 'Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God' — quoted approvingly by Jesus at Matthew 4:7 and Luke 4:12.
The tension: Jeremiah 22:28-30 records Yahweh telling the prophet to "write this man childless" — Jeconiah, king of Judah, will leave no descendant on the throne of David.
The tension: 2 Chronicles 24:20-21 narrates the stoning of Zechariah son of Jehoiada "in the court of the house of the Lord" — exactly the death scenario Jesus references i…
The tension: Psalm 14:1 and 53:1 — same text, double-edited — open with "the fool has said in his heart, there is no God." Calling someone a fool there is fine; the Psalmis…
The tension: Proverbs 2:3-5, Proverbs 8:17, and Matthew 7:8 / Luke 11:9-10 promise that anyone who seeks God will find him — ask and receive, knock and the door opens.
The tension: Psalm 37:25, Psalm 112:1-3, Proverbs 13:22, and Proverbs 15:6 all treat wealth as a marker of divine favor — the righteous never beg, their houses fill with tr…
The tension: Paul stacks Romans 3:28, Romans 4:13, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11-12, and Ephesians 2:8-9 to insist humans are justified by faith apart from works of the la…
The tension: The Bible names at least six different sins as the reason Sodom was destroyed: same-sex intercourse (Leviticus 18:22 read into Ezekiel 16:50), inhospitality (M…
The tension: The New Testament gives Jesus a long string of names and titles — Jesus, Jesus Christ, Emmanuel, the Word, Son of Man, Son of the Highest, Son of David, Son of…
