Category Scripture
Taking time to read the Scriptures can be challenging — our day already feels too busy, and when we finally do have a few minutes alone (perhaps rising before the break of day or well after the final pink and… Continue Reading →
Previously, we considered the first part of 1 Peter 5.13, arriving at the tentative conclusion that ‘she’ or ‘the one’ (ἡ) likely refers to the church. Let’s remind ourselves of the Greek: ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλεκτὴ καὶ Μᾶρκος… Continue Reading →
The letter of 1 Peter concludes with a rather cryptic circumlocution: ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς ἡ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι συνεκλεκτὴ καὶ Μᾶρκος ὁ υἱός μου. Roughly translated: “She/the [feminine] one in Babylon greets you, and also my son Mark.” Does this verse in… Continue Reading →
Climbing onto a favored spot on the couch, stretching the legs on the patio under the glow of the afternoon sun, opening a magisterial text on the dining room table alongside toast and coffee, or raising the screen of a… Continue Reading →