Jesus, Baptism, and the Reversal of Death in Mark 4:1–5:43 By Paul D. Wheatley Life lived on this side of eternity is beset with an awareness of its finitude. We live with a quiet sense of life’s fragility. From the hushed moments at grandmother’s bedside, to youthf... Read More...
The Mystery of Epiphany By Paul D. Wheatley In former generations this mystery was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit: that is, the Gentiles have become fellow-he... Read More...
Why Study Biblical Languages? By Paul D. Wheatley “And there in the dark pools amid the Gladden Fields,” said, “the Ring passed out of knowledge and legend; and even so much of its history is known now only to a few, and the Council of th... Read More...
The Way of Love: Learn Part of a series on The Way of Love. By Paul D. Wheatley Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you — that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the ... Read More...
The Seedbed of Christian Biblical Interpretation The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew. By Ronald E. Heine First edition. 2 vols. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. ix + 773, $270. Review by Paul D. W... Read More...
On Plagues and Temples By Paul D. Wheatley Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever; and the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of G... Read More...
Treasures for the Partially-Connected: Offline Ideas for an Online Forum By Paul D. Wheatley I begin this reflection on the nature of connection to the life of the church in a socially-distanced and virtually hyper-connected time in era of COVID-19 with a story of my own physical... Read More...
Words of Eternal Life Just as baptism leads to identification with Jesus’s divine Sonship, making us by adoption what belongs to Jesus by nature, so too in John this baptism-like scene provokes an understanding of our ongoing identification with and consideration of our life in Christ.
