May 31, 2025

Eastern verses Western Culture in Scriptural Reference

This blog post covers a textual overview of our East versus West graphic. If you are looking for the podcast version, you can find it here.

As you can see there is a lot of information on this graphic. In fact this is more or less the starting point that I use to teach the east versus west culture differences when trying to help persuade people that the Bible is NOT about them.

Ken Schulte

I have no fancy letters after my name. I am NOT a theologian, minister, priest, rabbi, or reverand. I am just a deep thinker and I think it makes me more relevant to my listeners because I have NO agenda. I firmly believe my place in the story is to add value. If I help you, great, that thrills me to do so. You may notice I ask a lot of questions and that is because I believe that questions are the key to everything.

The Problem With Certainty

Certainty feels good. It gives us solid ground, tells us where we stand, and removes the need to keep investigating something we believe we have already settled. There are plenty of things we should be certain about. The earth orbits the sun. Gravit…

What Is Empire in the Bible and Why Does It Matter?

Empire Overview The Bible unfolds in a world shaped by powerful empires. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, and Rome ruled enormous territories, controlled economies, moved populations, influenced cultures, and shaped the everyday lives of …