At Westminster Reads we’ have read our way through the book of Hebrews and that has me thinking about how important understanding the Old Testament is if we want to really understand the New Testament. Sometimes Christians think of the Old Testament as unimportant or irrelevant or obsolete or worse still replaced even superseded by the New Testament. […]
Tag: New Testament
Dishonesty is the best policy?
If we all named our favorite parable, I’d bet that the parable of the Dishonest Steward is not on anyone’s list. It’s a difficult parable. What is going on in this parable? Joel B. Green in his commentary on Luke reminds us that we ought not to read this parable allegorically; that is trying to […]
Read More About It
Somewhat belatedly, here are some resources for reading about the Nativity stories, the Roman Empire and Christmas. This is by no means a complete list. It is based on my personal library and the public and college libraries near me. Please add your own favorite books and resources to my list. That way we can […]
Jesus’ Birth and the Emperor
First an apology. Last week I said I would post some resources and clearly I didn’t. I had internet connection problems over the past week that now, I’m glad to say, are resolved. This week I would like to think about religion in the Roman Empire in the first century BCE. Of course people write entire books […]
