April 20, 2016

Between the Old and New Testaments lay 400 years of political turmoil for the Jews. After the Babylonian exile (6th century BC), the Persians became the new world power, and freed them. Many of the Jews remained in Persia, but some such as Ezra and Nehemiah went back to the Promised Land. Persia fell to […]

It isn’t a difficult parable, but it may be the most controversial. One writer read it and concluded, “The parable of the Good Samaritan is socialism.”1 Socialism? Well, Jesus wants me to share my property with everyone in need. So, what’s mine is yours when you’re in need, and what’s yours is mine when I’m