Posts Tagged: Law

joshuasMinistry

Be watchful to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Veer neither to the right or the left in order that you might succeed in every way you shall go. This book of the law of Moses shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night so that you might observe to do according… Read more »

chiasticStructure

In order to appreciate the Joseph story as the masterpiece that it is we must introduce you to a concept with which most of you probably are not familiar. Ancient writers and rhetoricians loved to use a literary structure that in modernity has come to be called the “chiasm,” referring to the Greek letter “chi” (our letter X). A chiastic figure of speech is a… Read more »

The Apostolic Interpretation of the Creation of Woman

Where in the Bible is Resurrection

(Genesis 2:18-24) We begin with Paul’s magnificent reading of Moses’ account of the creation of Eve. In his Ephesian letter Paul describes the privilege of the Christian husband to imitate Christ’s own sacrificial love in his relationship to his wife. “Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Eph 5:25). The apostle derives his doctrine from the… Read more »