John the Baptist –The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness
John the Baptist appeared at a moment when religion had become increasingly identified with institution, ritual, inherited authority, and the Temple system. Yet John himself …
Conscience Is the Individual’s Integrity, Not the Voice of the Group
I did not arrive at this idea by starting from a definition I wanted to defend. I arrived at it because the usual explanations of …
“This Is My Beloved Son”
The Voice That Changed Nothing Mark describes the baptism of Jesus with extraordinary dramatic force. As Jesus comes up from the water, the heavens open, …
From the Lord’s Voice to the Sacrifice – How the “appendices” involving the Tent appeared
One of the deepest themes in biblical history is the way God interacted with the people of Israel and how the structure of their covenant …
Blood and the Voice: Who Asked for the Sacrifices? The fundamental theme of the Covenant
A look at the Temple, the Tent, and the obedience to the Voice In the history of the people of Israel, two symbols seem to …