Did Matthew introduce the Magi to emphasize the Good News to foreigners? It’s not new for people to see their own kind as important, and to see foreigners as unworthy—maybe even to hate and persecute them. The Lord of the Bible sees that as a problem. When the Lord tells his people to care for the […]
. . . This means that we’re talking about history, not mythology. It means that God is interested in the lives of real people. And it means that men such as Caesar Augustus have purposes for what they do, while God has other purposes for what they do. When we begin things, we may have […]
To read this post click here: Good News 3.1 Anointed About this series of reflections If God were to come to us in the flesh–if the Main Character of the story were to walk into our lives–we should recognize him from what he had revealed already. Matthew wrote his Gospel to a people group who […]
To read this post click here: Good News 2.4 Status About this series of reflections . . . Both Elizabeth and Mary were vividly conscious that God was working these amazing changes in their lives. They knew they were a part of something God had been doing from ancient times, and that they were experiencing […]