A Speculative Reading of John’s Seven Signs as a Historical Trajectory Overview: The story of Israel and the story of the Yesuah Hamashiach come together

The Crowned Numbers of the Passion: Moses, Jonah, and the Shroud A numerical, mystical, and forensic journey from Sinai to the Shroud—reader discretion advised. Before

Worship Leaders Called By Name Two Stories, One Book, One God Exodus 3:2-4—And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of

God’s New Team Is Ready To Take On the World Please pardon my sports metaphors. Between the basketball finals and the World Cup, it just

There is nothing wrong with wondering. Curiosity is not a flaw — it is one of the most natural and human responses we possess. Intelligent

Sons of Truth: Jonah and Peter I’ve had a personal interest in the prophet Jonah for as long as I can remember. My name is

Reflections on boundaries in the universe, society, culture, our lives, and the Bible In the beginning, God did not merely create matter. He created order.

Boundaries and Broken Walls: A 17th of Tammuz Meditation Preface The 17th of Tammuz (Shivah Asar b’Tammuz) is a daytime fast that marks the breaching

It is all one book. One story. Because it is one God. The thesis of this essay is straightforward even if the argument takes time

Seven Fulfillment Arcs נ NUN (50): Psalm 119:105—Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. In this blog, I

From Eden to Final Judgment: The Bible’s Clothing Arc and the Wonder of Skin Clothing is woven through the biblical narrative long before we notice

In the biblical story, there are primary parallels between the Tenach and the Gospels where an earlier saving act or promise is taken up, intensified,

Isaiah 66:1-2 Masoretic—So says the Lord, “The heavens are My throne, and the earth is My footstool; which is the house that you will build

From Passover to Pentecost to the Wedding: A Parallels-Themed Reading of Tanakh and New Testament Fulfillment The Tanakh moves forward into the Gospels and the

Yesterday a gunman opened fire in a crowded Jewish community in Canada, killing a beloved rabbi. It is hard to understand how so many people

To “forgive trespasses” means to let go of resentment and release others from the moral debt of what they have done to you. It is

Parallels Across the Testaments God’s plan and the need for story God’s plan begins at creation and culminates in His kingdom. The Bible is the

What does “Identity” and “Repentance” have to do with one another? The Hebrew word teshuva (תשובה) is usually translated “repentance,” but what does it mean?

Genesis 6:14:—“Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Could

Numbers 13:32— “And they brought up an evil report (דִּבָּה -dibbāh) of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel…” Preface In

The Book of Jonah does not end with a tidy resolution; it ends with God’s probing question to the reluctant prophet:   “Should I not

Lord Knows, Loneliness Isn’t Just Sad, It’s Downright Unhealthy. Yesterday a man named Thomas came to my house to test and fill a new propane

Coincidence or Plan: The Mystery of 50 Preface Last night I had the privilege of sitting in an Orthodox rabbi’s class on Kabbalah. He carefully

Proverbs 25:2—”It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search out a matter.” First I want