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Changing Bibles: August 2012
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Sunday, August 12, 2012. The Prophets (Isaiah through Malachi). For surveys of other sections of the biblical books, please see my site The Love of Bible Study. The prophets form the last long section of the Christian Old Testament. Hopefully this informal overview inspires curiosity to understand aspects of the "sweep" of the Bible. As I indicate at the end, prophetic texts undergird the New Testament. Isaiah: The first 39 chapters contain words of judgment ...
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Changing Bibles: February 2013
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Sunday, February 17, 2013. Plowshares and Swords, Joel 3:10, Micah 4:3, Isa. 2:4. A couple months ago I found this beautiful Ethiopian Coptic cross for sale at the St. Louis Art Museum. The cross, with Christ in the center blessing bread, is made of armaments and thus is a symbol of the Lord's peace that overcomes human violence. Proclaim this among the nations:
. Prepare war,
. Stir up the warriors.
. Let all the soldiers draw near,
. In days to come
. Come,...
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Changing Bibles: April 2013
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard. In my last post, I thought about a parable of Jesus via two New Testament scholars, Eugene S. Wehrli and Joachim Jeremias.(1) This evening I turned to another parable, the Laborers in the Vineyard, Matthew 20:1-16. Wehrli draws several meanings from this parable. One is that we don’t earn God’s grace! I wonder how many of us completely miss that aspect of the vineyard owner; we focus on the...
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Changing Bibles: May 2013
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Thursday, May 30, 2013. The Parable of the Talents. The parable is found in Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:11-27. Here is Matthew’s version:. You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? 8220;Why then did you not put my money into the bank? He comments that among differences between Luke’s and Matthew’s versions, Luke introduces the context of the parable differently- -Jesus’ followers expected the ki...I must interjec...
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Changing Bibles: August 2014
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Sunday, August 10, 2014. I met the Old Testament professor Walter Brueggemann the other day. I was working on a new writing project at our nearby coffee shop, and he came in for coffee because he was in town for a local event. I was a little starstruck as I introduced myself and told him I used his books in some of my classes. Here is the concluding paragraph (NRSV) of Exodus:. Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
. I fear no evil. 8232;For he will ...
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Changing Bibles: The Pentateuch
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Another contrast is the status of women: Exodus 20:17 places “wife” after “house,” while the corresponding commandment in Deuteronomy (5:21) places wife before house. Similarly, Deuteronomy 22:22 makes a woman accountable for her actions, although in Genesis, when Sarah is taken into Pharaoh’s harem (and later Abimelech’s), it is Abraham who is accountable (Genesis 12:18-19, 20:10) (p. 433). 8221; (p. 435). Which you may access here.
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Changing Bibles: November 2012
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Friday, November 16, 2012. A few years ago, on a winter day, my daughter and I thought we saw blue lights in the leafless willow tree behind our house. I thought of Annie Dillard's image in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Of the tree with lights in it. We realized that our Christmas tree, which stood in a direct line from the dining room, reflected in the window, so that the tree lights seemed to hang, in a ghostly way, around the willow branches. That’s not n...
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Changing Bibles: June 2013
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Moving Over to "Journeys Home". Because of increased upcoming work in college and seminary course preparation, and a grant proposal that I plan to write for an early fall deadline, I'm going to stop posting at this blog for the time being. But I still continue to post regularly at my "Journeys Home" blog, accessible here. Monday, June 10, 2013. Staying Strong in Faith. Have you ever noticed the New Testament disciple Demas ( Δημᾶς,.
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Changing Bibles: Journeys Home to God: Hosea
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Reveries and journeys through the Scriptures. Saturday, August 2, 2014. Journeys Home to God: Hosea. Researching the Bible for a new writing project, I was intrigued by Gale Yee’s commentary on the book of The New Interpreter’s Bible. Vol VII, Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996). Our Sunday school class in Ohio had studied Hosea for a time, became downhearted by the many prophetic warnings, and switched to something more cheerful: Lenten scriptures! 7 Memory is a component of the journey. Hosea connects...
