Studies in Ezekiel No. 12, Ezekiel 14:1-23
Having considered the false prophets (the clergy in our parlance) in the previous chapter, the Lord’s next communication to Ezekiel addresses the elders and the people themselves. The elders are always in the Old Testament the assembly, the congregat…
Hidden, Only Then Disclosed, Mark 4:21-25
After the interpolation of the previous paragraph – a prolepsis in which Mark jumps ahead to the Lord’s interpretation of the parable of the sower given to his disciples at some later date – he returns in v. 21 to the teaching that Jesus was giving t…
Sexual Differentiation, Pt. 2
We spent our time last week on Genesis 2:18 and its statement that God made woman a helper suitable or corresponding to the man. That is, we said, men and women, equally bearers of the divine image, are nevertheless different from one another, diff…