A quiet invitation to draw near to Christ
…eakness we thought we would have outgrown by now. We come before the Lord painfully aware of everything that seems unfinished. In the Song of Songs, the woman says: “Look not upon me…” “Mine own vineyard have I not kept.” — Song of Songs 1:6 These words belong first to a love poe…
Read article →The brothers of Jesus, the sons of Mary, and an argument of strong plausibility
The Messiah and ‘My Mother’s Children’ in Psalm 69 The brothers of Jesus, the sons of Mary, and an argument of strong plausibility Psalm 69 is one of the clearest portraits of the suffering Messiah in the Psalter. Its language repeatedly reappears in the…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…rizon The near was real. The far is still coming. The historical horizon and the question of fulfilment “Was this fulfilled, or is it still future?” That is often a necessary question when reading biblical prophecy. Sometimes, however, it becomes an inadequate question because it…
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