Psalm 22, Part 10

This is a continuing look into Psalm 22 as the music in Jesus’ heart as He endured the cross. Masoretic Text Septuagint Psalm 22:17 (Tanakh/KJV) Psalm 22:17 (NET) Psalm 21:18 (NETS) Psalm 21:18 (Elpenor English) I may tell (אֲסַפֵּ֥ר) all my bones: they look and stare...

Westworld, Part 1

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...

Funeral, Part 2

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...

Funeral, Part 1

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...