There are some things people never forget. I have a few of such “things”. There’s this memory I have (much hazed over with age) of my elder sister and I (both of us very young at the time), stranded at a bus stop, one bus fare away from home. A bus fare we somehow didn’t have. I remember my sister summoning all the courage she could lay her hands on, to ask an Akara (fried bean cake) vendor for help with this fare.
In the movie Suicide Squad 2, there’s a character who goes by the name “Peacemaker” but whose actions were actually antithetical to his name. It soon became clear to all that this name of his was something of a literary device - an irony. The Bible is chock full of literary devices as well. However,... Continue Reading →
The authorship of the book of Hebrews is a bit uncertain, but it is traditionally ascribed to the Apostle Paul. In the twelfth chapter of the epistle, the author likens the Christian journey to a race. This is one analogy that is almost exclusively used by the Apostle Paul as far as the New Testament... Continue Reading →
Should God ever have decided to literally do the above, I think that “Abraham Stone” would have been a rather befitting (and cool, if I may add) choice of name to bequeath to such a person. The above verse is what John the Baptist told the Pharisees and scribes who came to observe him as he “prepared the way of the Lord”.
The aftermath of "The Exodus" was a genesis of something of a vicious cycle for Moses and the Israelis. Rebellion from the people of Israel. Laws. More rebellion. More laws. Until the “Laws of Moses” grew to about 600+ rules and penal codes that the people of Israel could never hope to keep, no matter how hard they tried.
In Plain Sight 