Month: October 2020

Here’s the famous Jesus-walks-on-water passage from chapter 14 of Matthew: 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.23 After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, 24 and the … [Read more…]

This post will look at the salutations and valedictions in the New Testament epistles. It’s easy to skip over them when reading the letters, and my thought was that a more careful reading — and some comparison — might provide some insights. *** A couple of caveats: I’ll acknowledge at the outset that it is … [Read more…]