Monthly Archives: July 2022

Questions and Challenges: Part 3

“And why does it [the Bible] have so many inaccuracies and inconsistencies? I am not a rector, the priest-in-charge of a parish. But, throughout my life and in a few churches I have been in positions of spiritual leadership with … Continue reading

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Questions and Challenges: Part 2

“And why are there so many versions of it (the Bible)?” (Please refer to the previous post, https://firstblessings.blog/2022/07/08/questions-and-challenges-part-1/, for the origin and context of this “project.”) If you want to read the Koran, you must learn Arabic, the language in … Continue reading

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Questions and Challenges: Part 1

In nearly three decades of teaching mathematics I found that the very best and the very worst students tended to ask the same question: When are we ever going to use this? From the best students this was an honest … Continue reading

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