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Greater Kindness
What did Boaz have in mind when he said to Ruth: “You have made this last kindness greater than the first …” (ESV)? And what did he really say to the nearer kinsman before the elders at the town gate? Was he simply laying out obligations to be undertaken by kinsmen, as was then commonly…
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Life’s Ultimate Quest – A Study of Psalm 90
Life’s Ultimate Quests – A Detailed Study of Psalm 90 Introduction Undoubtedly one of the best loved, Psalm 90 opens the fourth book of the Jewish and Christian psalter not with a euphony or a loud praise, but with a sombre tone of introspection. Its verses have been used to embellish poetries and set to…
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The Book of Habakkuk and Recent Turmoil – A Theological Reflection
In this essay, we will take a brief literary-critical reading of the Book of Habakkuk, see what message the prophet had to convey to his contemporaneous generations. We will take note of the kind of faith that God’s people were asked to exercise in times of tumultuous upheavals. And what consolations one might expect…
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Pathos of a Father, Empathy with a Friend
– A Reflection on Genesis 22:1-19 Abstract – In Christian traditions, the offering of Isaac by Abraham as recorded in Genesis 22 has been seen as exemplar of sublimed faith. This notion is no less assured by subsequent Biblical writers such as James and the anonymous author of the epistle to the Hebrews. Be that…
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Why Peter had to sink
– An alternative reading on Matthew 14:22-33 In Christian homilies the topic on Mat. 14:22-33 has predominantly been one on faith. And it is the faith of one protagonist (if not the key): Peter’s, that has been the focus. So, the story goes – in the midst of a deep dark night while trying to…
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