Day: December 4, 2020
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Shabbat shalom
In a crisis of faith, when faith is renewed, the man who initiates and leads the renewal is frequently not a spiritual character in the ordinary sense of the world, but one who draws his strength from an extraordinary union between the spiritual and tellurian powers, between heavenly and earthly fire, but it is the […]
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Reflecting on Matthew 1 1-17 and Hebrews 1 1-5
We are studying Matthew 1:1-17 and Hebrews 1:1-5 for Sunday, December 6. These two very different texts are, each in its own way, statements about the “genesis” of Jesus. Some notes on Matthew 1:1-17 are here; some notes on Hebrews 1:1-5 are here. Here are some questions we might want to consider: Both of these […]
Matters of Interpretation 