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Jeff Elkins

Women in the Genealogy of Jesus — Correcting My Mistake

The Advent season has arrived which means it’s time for pastors to dig into the handful of chapters in the Bible that cover the birth of…

13 min readDec 1, 2020

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Women in the Genealogy of Jesus — Correcting My Mistake

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Understanding Hagar, God, Wild Donkeys and How I Got the Bible Wrong

AN OLD UNDERSTANDING OF GENESIS 16

9 min readApr 30, 2019

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An Examination of Romans 13 and its Recent Use by Attorney General Jeff Sessions

On Thursday (June 14, 2018), during a speech about immigration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions took time in a speech on immigration to…

19 min readJun 18, 2018

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An Examination of Romans 13 and its Recent Use by Attorney General Jeff Sessions

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Sex, Power, David, Bathsheba, and the American Church

If you grew up in a conservative evangelical church like I did, it is possible there is a story from the Bible that was repeatedly used to…

10 min readMar 12, 2018

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Sex, Power, David, Bathsheba, and the American Church

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Immigration and the Bible

Throughout the story of the Bible, there are people leaving their homelands and traveling to strange places. The narrative begins that way…

3 min readNov 18, 2016

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Immigration and the Bible

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Jeff Elkins

Looking for Monsters

“No, Ernie,” Chris said to the sky with loud frustration. “I don’t see it. Yes, I want it gone too.”

10 min readNov 2, 2016

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Looking for Monsters

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Hunting a Killer

A Short Story from Mencken and the Monsters

7 min readSep 8, 2016

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Hunting a Killer

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Jeff Elkins

The Truth about my Laptop

My laptop is an asshole who hates me and is plotting my demise.

5 min readSep 1, 2016

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The Truth about my Laptop

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“And Promise Never to Come Back”

I was a freshman in college, it was weeks away from Christmas break, and I was standing in my vocal performance teacher’s office.

5 min readAug 31, 2016

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“And Promise Never to Come Back”

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Unless You Fail Again

My first college class was Music Theory. It started at eight in the morning every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Dr. Lia was the professor…

3 min readAug 30, 2016

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Unless You Fail Again

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Jeff Elkins

Jeff Elkins

Jeff is a writer who lives in Baltimore, Maryland with his wife and kids. He is the author of 11 novels, all of which are for sale on Amazon.

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