now

On 10 December, 2009 · 3 Comments

Everyone expected Messiah to make things better now. To change now.

And for Jews in Jesus’ day, there was a lot that needed to be fixed. But Jesus didn’t do life the way they expected. He didn’t conquer, slaughter, oppress or destroy anything. He shunned fame and fortune. He refused to engage politically.

So a lot [...]

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the miracle of the cry

On 9 December, 2009 · Leave a Comment

There is this foundational theme in the Scriptures that God always hears the cry of man.

The biggest example is the Exodus of Israel from Egyptian oppression. God’s response seems to be rooted in the idea that he heard their cry rise up from the struggle of slavery.

Over and over [...]

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with (and for)

On 8 December, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The idea of God with man is revolutionary.

But I have trouble seeing it like that – because they words are so cliché. But in the Ancient Near East, divine structures were generally closed systems. Just like there is no way to crack into a first generation iPhone, there was no way to enter the divine [...]

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