Tag Archives: Law

Matthew 7: 13-29 Choosing the Way of Christ

Posted on August 27, 2019 by

Matthew 7:13-29 Parallel Luke 13: 23-24, Luke 6: 43-46, 13: 25-27, Luke 6: 47-49, Mark 1: 21-22 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are … Continue reading →

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Matthew 5: 13-20 A Visible Vocation Connected to Scripture

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Matthew 5: 13-20 Parallel Mark 9:49-50 and 4:21, Luke 14: 35-35, 8: 16, 11:33 and 16: 16-17 Highlighted words will have comment on translation below  13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, … Continue reading →

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Book of Deuteronomy

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

These are my reflections on the book of Deuteronomy from February 2015 to April 2016. As a process of cleaning up my index and making posts more accessible. Deuteronomy 1: Retelling The Story For A New Time Deuteronomy 2: The … Continue reading →

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Exodus 31: The Artisans, The Sabbath and the Tablets

Posted on October 5, 2017 by

Exodus 31:1-11 The Divinely Gifted Artisans The LORD spoke to Moses: 2 See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: 3 and I have filled him with divine spirit,1 with … Continue reading →

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Exodus 20- The Decalogue

Posted on July 13, 2017 by

Exodus 20: 1-17 The Ten Words  Then God spoke all these words:  2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 30 – Hope Beyond the Curse

Posted on February 29, 2016 by

  Deuteronomy 30: 1-10 Returning to the LORD 1 When all these things have happened to you, the blessings and the curses that I have set before you, if you call them to mind among all the nations where the … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 26: Bringing Story into Liturgy

Posted on February 3, 2016 by

 Deuteronomy 26 1 When you have come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, and you possess it, and settle in it, 2 you shall take some of the first of … Continue reading →

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Deuteronomy 19: Justice, Refuge and Grace

Posted on December 2, 2015 by

Deuteronomy 19: 1-13: Cities of Refuge 1 When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land the LORD your God is giving you, and you have dispossessed them and settled in their towns and in their houses, … Continue reading →

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Psalm 1 Poetry and the Law

Posted on October 15, 2014 by

Psalm 1 Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path that sinners tread, or sit in the seat of scoffers; 2 but their delight is in the law of the LORD, and … Continue reading →

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