How Do Our Bodies Think? Embodied Cognition and Ritual
The Humans who Worship Theologically speaking, religious worship is not supposed to be about us. Rather, it’s an expression of…
CHT Ends Partnership with The King’s College; Director of Operations to Depart
The Center for Hebraic Thought and its magazine and podcast, The Biblical Mind, are entering a new phase after ending…
‘God, I Need a Sign!’ What the Bible Says about Asking God for Signs
When I was a college student, I was obsessed with figuring out the God’s will for my life. Along with…
What Does the Bible Say about Tithing?
Many churches speak of a “tithe,” literally a tenth, latching onto biblical language to support their calls for financial contributions….
Systemic Evils Aren’t Your Responsibility, They’re Ours
For more on this subject, listen to our podcast conversation with Michael Rhodes, “Is ‘Systemic Injustice’ Biblical?“ I remember the…
What Does It Mean to Worship in ‘Spirit and in Truth’?
Each year, the Christian world sees two Easter Sundays, each occasionally overlapping with Jewish Passover. But in Israel-Palestine a small…
Does It Matter if You Don’t Feel Close to God?
Have you ever said a word over and over until it sounded bizarre to your ears, as if you’re hearing…
Reading the Sermon on the Mount with ChatGPT
In the past several months, it has been difficult to avoid discussion of “artificial intelligence” or more particularly ChatGPT and…
The Key Biblical Principle for Police Reform? Humane Imagination
Being a skinhead in Tulsa Oklahoma meant regular encounters with the police. Back in the 1980s/90s, officers didn’t seem to…
