A chapter from book 1 of The Shape of Isaiah: A Covenant-literary Analysis (Isaiah 1-12) The Highest of the Mountains “Because it’s there.” Every story has a beginning, a...
The smartest way to take over the world is to replace it with a fake one. The smartest way to replace it with a...
Identifying Isaiah’s suffering servant with the promised Messiah is unthinkable for a Jew because it combines the offices of humble priest and victorious king....
Theology Noir As a microcosmos, every man has a history: an Alpha and an Omega, an origin and a destiny. But men dwell in...
Theology Noir As a microcosmos, every man has a history: an Alpha and an Omega, an origin and a destiny. But men dwell in...
Redemption is always deliverance from captivity. The sword must cut not only the bonds but also the captors. The trainer wheels are off today....
The notion that we could move away from God’s Forming Words and remain culturally productive—or even literate—is proving to be an arrogant mistake. “Truly,...
Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus is a puzzle because he omits a number of names in order to present a triple sequence of 14 generations....
The prophetic texts are the most difficult parts of the Bible to understand. This is a serious problem, but the answer is not serious...
One Body in Sickness and in Health A chapter from book 1 of The Shape of Isaiah: A Covenant-literary Analysis (Isaiah 1-12) Does the...