God Centered Dad

  Some time ago I was reading in Leviticus and I came across something that caught my attention, but I didn't know what to do with it at the time. I had a strong suspicion that, though this was something that could be easily read over and forgotten, there may be more of a meaning to it. I have chosen the New American Standard Bible from 1995 (NASB95) as the main version of the Bible that I read, but when I come across something like this, often my first move is to check with another version of the Bible to see if I see the same thing there, and my go-to first alternative version to check is the King James or the New King James version. This may be because this was the version of the Bible that I grew up with and most of the verses that I memorized as a child were from the King James Bible. From there, I will check other versions as well to see how the different versions handle what I have found. The verse that I was reading was Leviticus 17:7, which says this; ""They shal...

   Humanity has long been fascinated by creatures that are different than us. I'm not only talking about animals being different from humans, but there has always been an almost obscene interest in creatures that are different from humans and that at least appear to be more powerful than humans. This will have begun with angels and demons, but it has evolved to other areas of interest such as extraterrestrials as well. There have even been cults and religions that have been built around these creatures. Some of the most well known of these creatures stem from Greek and Roman mythology. My family has the Narnia series of movies in which several of these creatures play prominent roles, in particular the faun, the centaur, the minotaur and the mermaid. These four will be my focus today, but this does not mean that the premise of this article cannot extend to other mythological creatures as well. The use of these creatures by C.S. Lewis adds a mythological feel to the story line...