Joseph is a less visible figure in our re-living the Christmas story each year. He’s only mentioned a few times in Scripture, and I don’t recall singing many Christmas carols about him. When I wanted to understand his role in the birth narratives and the appearance of Jesus, I misread one of the important verses… Continue reading Joseph and the Great Commission
Tag: Genesis
The Questioning Faith
We rightly translate the opening word of Gen 1:1 by the phrase “In the beginning.” However, this word also has two other possible understandings, “By wisdom” and “By the firstborn.” That is, in choosing this word as the Bible’s opening phrase, the author draws us into the text with a claim of God as creator… Continue reading The Questioning Faith
Marty McFly, LOST and Reading the Torah as One Book
I always hated missing the beginning of movies. Indeed, as a teen I had to make sure not to miss a moment of the never-ending trailers that ran before Back to the Future and the first few moments of Michael J Fox skateboarding through the Universal studio lot: couldn’t and wouldn’t miss it. While the… Continue reading Marty McFly, LOST and Reading the Torah as One Book
The Seams of the Torah, the Prophets and the Writings
In my last post, I argued that Jesus is the message of Moses’ book, The Torah (Gen-Exod-Lev-Num-Deut). In the coming weeks, I hope to help readers test whether I have rightly understood the Torah. As such, today I want to begin the process of defending this rather bold and biblical claim.