How to Smell a Sandwich

by | Jan 13, 2022 | Biblical studies, Hermeneutics

How to Smell a Sandwich Smell can be a powerful sense. The right smell can bring back old memories, you haven’t thought about for decades. In the same way having a good literary sense about a text can unfold truths hidden in plain sight. It all begins by knowing...

Christ in Mark

by | Jan 12, 2022 | Biblical studies, Doctrines

Christ in Mark God-man of action From start to finish, Jesus is the uncontested subject of the Gospel of Mark, and he is portrayed as a man of action. The action of the Gospel is all-important to the meaning of the Gospel, for we learn who Jesus is not so much from...

Jewish Hope and Pentecost

by | Sep 25, 2021 | Biblical studies

Jewish Hope and Pentecost   Pentecost as fulfillmentWhen speaking of the theme of promise and fulfillment in relation to Pentecost most would point to Jesus’s words, in Luke, “I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have...