by admin | Jul 30, 2022 | Psalm 22, Section Six
This is a continuing look into Psalm 22 as the music in Jesus’ heart as He endured the cross. The tone of the psalm seems to change abruptly. Masoretic Text Septuagint Psalm 22:22 (Tanakh/KJV) Psalm 22:22 (NET) Psalm 21:23 (NETS) Psalm 21:23 (English Elpenor) I will...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Section Six, Westworld
Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) introduces his latest storyline to the board of directors and assembled guests at Westworld: Since I was a child, I’ve always loved a good story. I believed that stories helped us to ennoble ourselves, to fix what was broken in us,...
by admin | Nov 1, 2021 | Section Six, Westworld
“What is a person but a collection of choices?” the Man in Black (Ed Harris) asks rhetorically. “Where do those choices come from? Do I have a choice? Were any of these choices ever truly mine to begin with?”[1] The Man in Black had cut himself off from the...
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 | Jun 6, 2021 | Gospel Proclamations, Section Five
Peter’s Gospel proclamation continued (Acts 3:17-20 NET): And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. But the things God foretold long ago through all the[1] prophets—that his[2] Christ would suffer—he has fulfilled in this way....