by admin | Jul 24, 2021 | Section Five, Westworld
Man: Bring her back online.[1] A disembodied voice we’ll soon recognize as the voice of Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright), head of programming at Westworld, speaks. Dolores Abernathy (Evan Rachel Wood) sits naked in a chair. She is an android at Westworld, a host as...
by admin | Jul 17, 2021 | Funeral, Section Five
This is the first Scripture reading from my mother’s funeral. I selected passages that contained forms of ἀνίστημι to describe resurrection from the dead: I have come down from heaven [Jesus said] not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. Now this...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Funeral, Section Five
My mother went to be with the Lord last month. Per her instructions my brother and I officiated at her funeral service and graveside. She had preplanned everything but had left me free to choose the Scripture reading and some commentary. Her theme verse was Isaiah...
by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | Gospel Proclamations, Section Five
Peter’s second Gospel proclamation concluded (Acts 3:24-26 NET): And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced[1] these days. You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors,...
by admin | Jun 12, 2021 | Isaiah 53:10-12, Psalm 22, Section Five
This is a continuation of a consideration of the differences between the Masoretic text and the Septuagint, a translation of the Hebrew before Israel rejected Jesus as Messiah. The final clause of the first verse under consideration follows: Masoretic Text Septuagint...