by admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I returned to the same church I had left, believing they were right and I was wrong. I resurrected my god of punishment, more or less, and resolved to be a do-it-yourself-Christian with renewed vigor. I began to worship my own free will again, though I would have...
by admin | Jan 26, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
Jesus said, I always do those things that please him[1] (literally: “I the pleasing things do always”). “How?” I ask. I couldn’t even say, “I always lie.” The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works,[2] Jesus replied. But I say, Paul wrote, live by the Spirit...
by admin | Jan 12, 2021 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In the movie M*A*S*H Major Frank Burns (Robert Duvall) is introduced on his knees at his cot praying aloud. At sixteen I thought he was some kind of super-Christian. I wouldn’t have prayed aloud like that at church camp. When he yelled at Private Boone (Bud Cort)...
by admin | Dec 30, 2020 | 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. My working assumption is that the Masoretic text is a revision of the Hebrew scriptures made in accordance with Jewish tradition and that the Septuagint is a...
by admin | Dec 19, 2020 | Section Five, The Fear of the Lord
Patterns of Evidence: Exodus, A Filmmaker’s Journey by Timothy P. Mahoney was Mom’s coffee table book this Thanksgiving. I have a bit of history with my mother’s coffee table books. This time I even asked her if she leaves them out for my benefit. (She said, “No.”)...