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Divine reality is like a fugue

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 25, 2009
If only for my own reference, I want to duplicate a C.S. Lewis quote that Bob MacDonald published on his blog, Sufficiency. The quote is from the essay “Evil and God”, published in the book God in the Dock: Divine reality is like a fugue. All His acts are different, but they all rhyme or echo to [...]
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Give us this day our daily bread…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: January 1, 2009
From a local review of the new movie, Revolutionary Road, based on a novel by Richard Yates: The Wheelers are trapped in a milieu of stifling conformity, he commuting daily amid a crush of cattle in gray flannel to earn their bread, she tied tight in an apron at home, baking it. A nicely turned sentence, I [...]
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Linus’ questions

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 22, 2008
Continuing the discussion of Matthew’s appropriation of OT scripture as prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ, we turn to these exegetical questions found in yesterday comic section of the newspaper. The passage in question come from Matthew 2.16-18 (REB): When Herod realized that the astrologers had tricked him he flew into a rage, and gave orders for [...]
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Gundry and Matthew’s midrash

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: December 21, 2008
Thanks to my blessed wife, we started up a tradition this past year that I grew up with, that being a subscription to National Geographic magazine. I remember stacks of yellow dating back to the ’70s in our house in Alaska, so the small pile here is a welcome addition. The December issue has an article [...]
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Spiritual and social worship

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: November 20, 2008
Henry Neufeld comments on his need for both spiritual and social worship: The idea of being spiritual without a social aspect bothers me. The more I study, the more I see the command to love God and to love one’s neighbor as almost identical. This week’s lectionary text, Matthew 25:31-46 (The Sheep and the Goats), brings [...]
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