“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!” –Matthew 23:23-24 These words… Continue reading Famous Last Words
Category: Biblical Narrative
Rahab and Salmon: a Match made in Heaven
The best love story between a man and a woman in all of history has to be assembled from broken fragments. The story is largely lost upon this generation, because the popular concept of romance as a falling into sensual gravity is exactly the opposite of how this love story begins: in the house of… Continue reading Rahab and Salmon: a Match made in Heaven