Singular sense (not non-sense)
One of my colleagues turned straight to chapter 9 in the book, the story of Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac, known in Jewish theology as the...
On level ground with the Judge of all the earth
This fifth century mosaic from Ravenna pictures the encounter between God and Abraham in Genesis 18. In this conversation, it is evident...
Tell him that I
The murder of Abel raises many problems, the most acute of which is that God does not intervene to protect Abel. Cain, the brother's...
Words and pictures
Pictures of scenes and stories in the Bible can help and sometimes hinder the imagination. Lucas Cranach's depiction of Paradise belongs...
Sense and compassion
Job's plight looms large in chapter 1 and chapter 14 of my book, and Job sets the stage for the theme of 'sense vs. non-sense.' When...
