In the beginning, God made man in His image, to be His kings and queens in creation. But man was young and inexperienced. For reasons known only to God, he was dependent on this strange process of learning by observation, reasoning, and abstraction. In order to train man for his royal office and protect him, he was pla… Read more…

An Analysis of Luke 23:27-31 Caleb Smith Reading the Gospels with Wisdom November 28, 2020 Introduction Around the world over all of time, there may be no historical account that has received quite so much study and attention as that of Jesus of Nazareth's trial and crucifixion. This extraordinary event has come down t… Read more…

A key word in the apostolic message of the Gospel is "believe." A common refrain is to "believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," or something similar. Brief thoughts on what this means: Background: John the Baptist and Jesus both show up foretelling imminent judgment on Israel in connection with the comin… Read more…

Not long ago, I was on Twitter and witnessed (participated in, maybe) a debate over the push to see Jesus in every Old Testament text. In the middle of things, a challenge was issued: "Where's Jesus in Judges 9?" This led me to do some analysis on Judges 9 to find out if we can in fact see Jesus in that narra… Read more…