Have you ever thought about how obscene was the power of Caesar Augustus? The description of Jesus’ birth in the Gospel of Luke begins with a man, the emperor of Rome, decreeing that a census is to be taken of people he has never seen, nor will ever meet. Luke 2:1-7 reads, “1 In thoseContinue reading “The Sign of the Savior’s Birth (Luke 2:1-20)”
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The Allegory of Two Women, Two Sons, Two Covenants, and Two Cities (Galatians 4:21-5:1)
In Galatians 4:21-5:1, Paul does something that he very rarely does; he uses allegory. Allegorical interpretation of scripture is not normative for Paul, and for that matter, should not be normative for us. An allegorical interpretation is when a story becomes a symbol that represents something else. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is an allegory by C.S.Continue reading “The Allegory of Two Women, Two Sons, Two Covenants, and Two Cities (Galatians 4:21-5:1)”
Concerning the Word of Life 