Matthew 4:17

  • In the Beginning

    From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NASB To preach – Shall we try a new version of “in the beginning”? No, not the one in John’s cryptic prologue. That new beginning is about cosmological ideas, probably aimed at first century Gnostics…

  • Circumlocutions

    From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NASB   Kingdom of heaven – Of course Matthew uses “kingdom of heaven.” As an orthodox Jew he would never say “kingdom of God.” If he were a contemporary, he might write “kingdom of G_d,”…

  • This Is No Joke

    From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 NASB Repent – April Fool’s Day. I wonder where that tradition began. Today I’m not playing a joke on you. Today I want to think seriously about something Harold Brown wrote. While Buddhism and Islam…

  • The First of Ninety-Five

    From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”    Matthew 4:17 Repent – When Martin Luther nailed his document to the door of the cathedral, he started a movement that led to the Reformation – a protest against the religious thinking and practice of that time,…