The 5 Discourses of Jesus
How Jesus retells and fulfills the whole Old Testament in 5 sermons
“Jesus is Israel. He is the people of God, the firstborn of the new creation – the new Genesis…the new mankind. Jesus is everything that God has promised.”
Patterns, Types, & the Gospel of Matthew (Part Two) Read More »
Reading is really quite mysterious. We take it for granted, but the fact that a series of scrawled symbols and shapes stained on a piece of paper can transport us into the mind of another human being is rather magical. But I’ve also become aware that there are different kinds of reading, or different ways
Reading is a Magical Thing–and That Goes for Scripture Too Read More »
St. Matthew composed his gospel primarily for the Jews of his day. In all likelihood, Matthew was a despised man. He was a tax collector (Matt. 9:9), which garnered as much admiration then as now. Both his Greek name (Matthew, which means “gift of Jehovah”) and his Hebrew name, Levi (Mark 2:13-14, Luke 5:27-28) rooted