The Sermon on the Mount of the Prophetic The assumption has always been that the Beatitudes are about being meek, kind, and merciful as a fulfillment of the essence of…

Hint about the title. If you are thinking the answer that is God is the person, so he is. But not “God,” only God. It’s really not confusing at all.…

Luke 10: The Good Samaritan: A Prophetic Think Tank This is one parable that, more than any other, through the lens of the word of our divines, through the lens…

This is an article in a series: Please see: Christ vs. the Hermeneutical Death Spiral, part 1 Theodicy? My problem is essentially a theodical one as I have alluded, and before…

Real Unpardonable sin. Matthew 12:23-24:  “And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow…

The Parable of the Sower -The Context of Apostasy This is my interpretation of the Parable of the Sower. I first want to just gripe. Gripe about how easy this…

Book of John: The Prophetic Speech of Jesus from the OT   J. Barton Payne’s Dictionary of Biblica Prophecy is considered the standard on the subject, but I think we…

The Immaterial and Material Together, to Death or Life: The Phenomenology of Sacred Symbolism The physical world is made up of things and laws, and so is the immaterial mind.

John 8 and the Tyranny of Language John 8:52-56  Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and…

Jesus and Atonement. What is sin, and what is wrong with us? How does this atonement thing work? How is possible that a God-man can die for the sins of…

 New Testament quotations of the Old Testament J. Barton Payne’s Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy seems to be the standard for this subject. There is also Old Testament Quotations in the…

James and the Meaning of Justification You knew I would get to it sooner or later. Justification. The theological warfare of the ages. The theological volumes written. The schismatic hemorrhaging.…