Today’s Word
Three Things You Can Never See Again
The Azure Window, Gozo, Malta – collapsed The famous waterfall near Irazu volcano, Costa Rica, destroyed in earthquake On the way up, before it was finished. The Freedom Tower, NYC I am lucky to have taken these, to have been in the right place at the right time. But isn’t that the secret to life?
Political Prayer
Lord, how my enemies have increased! Many are rising up against me. Psalm 3:1 NASB Enemies – Have you noticed how often the psalms speak about enemies? This verse from the third psalm is just one example. Psalms 4 and 5 contain the same idea, and, of course, so do many, many others. These psalms are…
Who Makes the King?
“And I—I appointed My king on Zion, My holy mountain.” Let me tell as is due of the LORD. He said to me: “You are My son. I Myself today did beget you.” Psalm 2:6-7 Robert Alter Beget – Perhaps the first thing we need to read about this verse is Alter’s comment: “Despite Christological…
The End of the Game
A good name is better than good oil, and the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth. Ecclesiastes 7:1 NASB Day of one’s death – Qohelet (Koheleth, “the Teacher”) is an empirical pessimist. That alone made the decision to place this work within the canon quite controversial. It’s virtually impossible that the material was written by…
Once Wasn’t Enough? (2)
At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” Joshua 5:2 NASB Second time – Paradigms are limiting factors in explanation. That’s why a group of physicists who held tightly to the Bohr model of the atom (the nucleus being the smallest building block…
Once Wasn’t Enough? (1)
At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.” Joshua 5:2 NASB The second time – “I’ve never really understood this story,” said my rabbi friend here in Parma. “It just goes on and on, repeating the same event—and it doesn’t make a lot…
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