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The Hebrew midwives were poised to receive the future that God had promised.
Fear rules the emotions of Joseph’s brothers and strikes the hearts of Jesus’ disciples.
"Have you understood all this?" They said yes. God must still be laughing.
A mother and child wander in the unknown—that place where fears overtake us.
Compared to cosmologists, theologians have the advantage—and disadvantage—of revelation.
Maybe the real reason we show betrayers so little compassion is that we’re afraid there is some Judas chromosome within all of us.
Maybe the real reason we show betrayers so little compassion is that we’re afraid there is some Judas chromosome within all of us.
The Tempter will return again and again. But we are never left alone.
Perhaps the Ancient of Days took great pleasure in these light shows.
The Beatitudes sneak up on us.
Herod tells the Eastern intellectuals the truth, and the rest is history.
The passion narrative is the story of a series of violations. Is it good for us to find our identity in it?