Bible Bard podcast BB-173 Equity versus Equality. In the current political debate in the West over Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), we encounter the use of two terms “equity” and “equality”. The Bible Bard is not interested in political debates’ however, these terms “equity” and “equality” have an interesting place in the literature of the Bible. This is the topic for this episode.

Bible Bard podcast BB-172 The Strange Answer to Christian Suffering. The central accusation leveled against the Biblical concept of a good God is the fact of human suffering. But the godly suffer, the believers suffer, just as the unbelievers do. This episode discusses why this is the case.

Bible Bard podcast BB-171 Strange Things About Suffering and Trials. Human suffering is the central accusation leveled against the Biblical concept of a good God who is impeccably moral, ethical, and just. The essence of the complaint against God is as follows:

If the God of the Bible is perfectly good, knows the horrors of human suffering, and has the power to prevent it, why does He permit so much suffering, especially of innocents?

Philosophically, this is a very difficult argument to overcome. In this episode we see what the Bible says about it.

For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link by English.

Bible Bard podcast BB-170 How You Speak-What You Say. We see in the news that “hate speech causes political violence,” social media apps are trying to identify hate speech and remove it, and entire countries are in turmoil because of conflicting views about what speech can be uttered by individuals. This podcast episode is about what the Bible says about speech.

For a transcript, go to www.BibleBard.org and click the PDF link by English.

Bible Bard podcast BB-169 Surely Live-Surely Die-What Gives God Pleasure. God addresses a proverb being repeated among the Hebrew exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, had deported to Babylonia:

“The parents eat sour grapes and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”

The proverb accuses God of punishing one generation for the sins of another.

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Bible Bard podcast BB-168 Bible Ideas and Their Inversions: What Source for Morality?

The Bible as literature presents itself as the revealing of a morally perfect God. Within the literary world of the Scripture, its declarations function as foundational truths. This podcast episode examines how later (modern/secular) ideas invert those declarations, and what those reversals mean examined from the Bible’s point-of-view.

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Bible Bard podcast BB-167_Meaning of the Signifier "That Day"

Bible Bard podcast BB-166_What is the Goal of Morality?