Who Are You? Have you ever gotten a phone call or a text message from someone who had the wrong number? It can result in hilarious or sometimes awkward interactions, or can become greatly irritating if the person makes the same mistake more than once. In the age of the…
Matthew
Matthew appears as the first book of the New Testament and the first in line to tell the story of Jesus. Matthew's biography of Jesus is very Jewish in nature - focusing on themes and questions relevant to first-century Jewish concerns, and even structured around five main blocks of teaching from Jesus - like a miniature version of the five books of the Torah.
Temptation
Temptation Popular actor Andrew Garfield has been exploring themes of faith quite a bit lately: 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge saw him portraying the Adventist conscientious objector Desmond Doss, who refused to compromise his belief that he should not carry a gun and take a life, even though he was in…
Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? Like most modern holidays, Christmas reminds me of Frankenstein’s monster. A little endearing, a little bit scary, it’s stitched together from many very different parts, some fairly fresh, some startlingly old.Also much like Frankenstein’s monster, many people believe that…
Birth Of Jesus
Birth Of Jesus Every superhero needs a good origin story. Bruce Wayne falls into a well full of bats and finds the inspiration for his vigilante quest for justice. Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider and discovers he can shoot webs and climb walls. Most superheroes, it seems,…