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 | May 26, 2019 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
(I toyed with the idea of calling this What Am I Doing? Part 1, but I already have more threads than I can keep current.) I don’t get a lot of eschatology in my own study, so I rely on the studies of others. I thought the prophecies of Isaiah 17 were fulfilled long...
by admin | May 12, 2019 | Section Five, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
“One more thing you should know about me,” I wrote in another essay: “I usually appreciate God’s deceptiveness (the NIV translates it shrewdness, if you prefer) first, before I recognize his reliability, trustworthiness and loyalty. So I assume that I am far more...
by admin | Jan 26, 2018 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I study the Bible for my own benefit primarily. I’ve been on a work binge lately, long days with no time or energy to study. The sin in my flesh obtrudes, wanting dominion over my thoughts and motives. Both ʽâbar and nâsâh await my attention, holding out the...
by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In another essay I presented his Jewish and Roman trials as a kind of ultimate tempting of the flesh of Adam and an ultimate proving of the Holy Spirit which descended…in bodily form like a dove[1] upon Jesus the Christ or Messiah. I characterized those trials as a...