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A Good Eye or a Bad Eye? A Cryptic but Critical Idiom

January 2, 2019 10 Comments

The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! (Matthew 6:22-23) Over the years, these mysterious […]

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Why are there so many spellings of Hanukkah?

November 30, 2018 4 Comments

Which is the correct spelling of the word Hanukkah? Learning more about this taught me a lot about Hebrew, and even about the name of God.

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Is Christ the End of the Law? (part 3 of 3)

November 7, 2018

While telos can mean “end” or “termination,” it can also mean “goal,” “perfection,” or “culmination.” Paul’s wording is deliberately vague, conveying two ideas at once. Christ is both the goal and the end of the Law.

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What Paul Says about Fulfilling the Law (part 2 of 3)

November 7, 2018 4 Comments

If the Torah is God’s instructions for how to live, why would Gentiles be excluded from its wonderful truths? In both Romans and Galatians, after Paul has spent a lot of time arguing against their need to observe the Torah, he actually explains how they can “fulfill the Law.”

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What “Fulfill the Law” Meant in its Jewish Context (1 of 3)

November 6, 2018 21 Comments

Why Jesus say he “came not to abolish the Law but to fulfill it”? A surprising insight comes from the fact that “fulfill the Law” is actually a Jewish idiom. Along with being found in rabbinic writings, it’s even used several other places in the New Testament.

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Greek Brain, Hebrew Brain: The Way Parables Worked

July 12, 2018 3 Comments

Jesus’s parables fit perfectly into a non-Western, Jewish culture that expressed itself through tangible metaphors.

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“Where Two or Three are Gathered” …in Context

May 28, 2018 3 Comments

Jesus’ words in light of rabbinic sayings about what happens when people gather to study or pray… God’s Shekinah draws near. Fascinating.

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Why was Resurrection on “the Third Day”? Two Insights

April 1, 2018

Christians scratch their heads over Jesus’ being raised “on the third day.” Doesn’t Sunday comes only two days after Friday? And what’s so significant about the “third day” anyhow?

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A Surprisingly Messianic Tradition in the Ancient Synagogue

January 30, 2018 11 Comments

Christians should be fascinated that a prominent theme in early synagogues was the fulfillment of God’s prophetic promises. It fits perfectly with Jesus’ ministry of preaching from town to town about the coming of God’s redemptive Kingdom.

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“…and God has made me fat!”

October 25, 2017 4 Comments

Seeing how other cultures think can be quite helpful for understanding the Bible. Dieting and weight gain are particularly interesting topics to explore.

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