In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series.
Elsewhere in scripture, ...
Imperfection everywhere.
God's creation is very good - but not perfect. Our bodies age and rot; our homes and belongings perish. Moth and rust destroy; t...
In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. Start at Part I or see all parts in the series.
Anointing itself is a conc...
In this series, I attempt to assess Second-Temple-era Jewish messianic expectation. See all parts in the series.
It was more or less a case of déjà vu: Once a...
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16
In the past co...
Several times, people have asked me how their lives would change if they became Christians - besides the whole church thing, of course. (Conversely, many Christ...
And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, ...
The first English class I took at Harvard covered the sweep of English literature from the beginnings of the language to 1660. The writer of Beowulf, Chaucer, S...
In the past couple months, I have become more and more interested in the nature of the Atonement. I have read a few different articles on the subject, inclu...
It seems as though just about every book of the Bible is at the center of raging controversy. What genre is the first part of Genesis? What are Christians to ...
