The Magi: From East to West
on September 23rd, 2019
The story of the “wise men” in the book of Matthew is certainly among the most famous and iconic of all Christmas stories. There is one important question about this story that only rarely gets asked: Why is this story here in the first place? Read More
A Rag-Tag History
on September 16th, 2019
If we are at all familiar with the stories in the Old Testament, we will see many familiar names when we read through the first chapter of Matthew. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, and Solomon, to name a few. Because we know those stories, it’s easy to forget what Matthew is trying to tell us. Read More
Finding Jesus in History - Matthew's Genealogy
on September 14th, 2019
Was Jesus a real person, or a work of fiction?
And if Jesus was real, then how reliable are the gospels that were written of him? Read More
The Gospel of Matthew - Looking Forward
on September 9th, 2019
No sooner has Matthew affixed the story of Jesus firmly into Jewish history and shown Him as the fulfillment of Jewish prophecy (beginning in 1:23), than the gospel goes out of its way to step out of its Jewish-centric focus and introduce gentiles into the mix. Read More
The Gospel of Matthew - Looking Backward
on September 5th, 2019
Matthew’s Gospel is unique in that it seems to be continually looking backward at the same time it is looking forward. Read More
Bonhoeffer on Life Together in Community
on March 27th, 2019
The past couple of weeks I've been rereading Dietrich Bonhoeffer's classic work on community: Life Together. The book is a treasure chest of riches, full of gems on the meaning and purpose of Christian community.
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