Writing Archive
Essays, commentary, and Bible-study writing carried over from the original site and organized for easier reading.
Matthew Chapter 3 comes crashing in with John the Baptist yelling in the wilderness, wearing camel hair, eating locusts and honey, and apparently expecting everyone to already know who the hell he is. Spoiler:…
Matthew Chapter 2 wastes absolutely no time turning the Jesus story into a celestial scavenger hunt with suspiciously convenient prophecy receipts. We get the Magi following a star, Herod spiraling because somebody called a…
After nearly six years wandering through the Old Testament wilderness, we finally stumble into the New Testament and immediately trip over Matthew’s opening move: a genealogy. Because apparently before we can meet Jesus, we…
Where did the women watching the crucifixion stand?
