MisreadBible

The Musings of J. R. Eldridge

How to Misread the Bible - 5^th August 2025 - A handy guide to misreading the Bible with ten easy steps!

The Long Road to Jericho - 12^th July 2025 - An update on my upcoming book, The MisreadBible: Joshua, and why it's taken so long to complete it.

Amazon Grace - 2^nd June 2025 - Somebody else's parcel arrived, and I had to grapple with Amazon customer service.

Shower, Interrupted - 23^rd May 2025 - My shower is interrupted by an unexpected delivery.

High Inspectations - 13^th May 2025 - My account of a visit from the house inspector.

The Paperchase - 24^th March 2025 - A pre-meeting mishap proves that my life really is a comedy of errors.

Foolish Genealogies - 28^th May 2022 - A discussion of the genealogies found in the Bible.

Quit Ruining Passover by not Celebrating Sukkoth! - 18^th April 2022 - An analysis of the Triumphal Entry story.

A New Testament - 16^th April 2022 - A fictional account of how I came up with my versions of Bible stories.

Tell Me When It Squirts - 5^th February 2022 - My account of a visit to the dentist.

Misreading the Bible - 6^th May 2021 - I talk about the process I use to write my parodies.

Gospel Disharmony - 22^nd February 2021 - A discussion of writing The MisreadBible: Gospel.

The Man from Two Places - 17^th December 2020 - A discussion of how the authors of Matthew and Luke came up with ways to have Jesus born in Bethlehem despite him coming from Nazareth.

God Doesn't Send People to Hell... People Do - 29^th February 2020 - A response to the idea that people send themselves to Hell.

Reconciling the Stations of the Exodus - 25^th January 2020 - A discussion of the stations of the Exodus.

War on Christmas - 22^nd December 2019 - A response to the idea that there's a war on Christmas.

Wouldn't You Prefer to Believe? - 20^th November 2019 - My response to being asked, 'Wouldn't you prefer to believe?' during a period of mourning.

My Grandmother - 7^th October 2019 - About the death of my grandmother.

Eight Bloody Pages! - 19^th September 2019 - The process of publishing 'A MisreadBible Christmas' and meeting publisher specifications.

Atheism is Not Dead: Consider this a snarky rebuttal - 23^rd May 2019 - A response to ‘Atheism Is Dead. Consider This The Obituary.’

In Retrospect - 22^nd May 2019 - About my experience writing 'The MisreadBible: Genesis'.

A Triplet of Decalogues - 30^th April 2019 - An analysis of the three versions of the Ten Commandments found in the Bible.

Sister-Wives and the Documentary Hypothesis - 16^th April 2019 - A discussion of the Documentary Hypothesis and doublets and triplets in the Pentateuch

My Story - 31^st March 2019 - A little bit about me and my life.