Growing up, I was told “Jews don’t believe in Jesus.” Though I was hearing this from the vantage point of Judaism, many Christians have believed, been told, and said the same thing. But the first thing that struck me about the New Testament, when I first read Matthew 1:1 was that this was a Jewish […]
The definition we have of “Apostle” is “one who was with us from the beginning” who will “bear witness to His resurrection”. (Acts 1:21-23) Since “Apostle” carries the idea of “one who is sent” there is an idea of being commissioned (Matthew 28:18-20) This are qualifications that Paul recognized himself unqualified to fill. Mary Magdalene, […]
The motive for historically changing Junia’s name to a male but weird “Junias” was because certainly this person was an Apostle. Now that there is scholarly concensus that Junias was a woman we suddenly have a problem determining whether she was an a apostle based on what is meant by “among”
Why would a baby be a threat to a king? Why would far off kings come to pay homage to a baby? What is it that Matthew seeks to tell us about Jesus in the opening chapters of his Gospel? We can put together a few pieces from Matthew 2:1-12 to get a better view. […]
The rise of complex conspiracy theories has divided our country. There is a counter narrative, known only to a select few who insist that reality can only be known when interpreted through this narrative. The result is that their choices and statements seem counterintuitive, at best, to others. Ironically, behind Q-anon, Pizza-gate, and Obama-gate is […]
The entire argument of Libertarianism is built on assumptions about motives. The argument runs- people only do things out of self-interest. Therefore, people will only elect people from whom they stand to gain, and politicians will do whatever they need to stay in office. This locks them in a mutable indebtedness to, the politician must […]
A great example of double speak is that of the “Right to Work” states. Interference in the “free market” is perceived by libertarians anything that challenges the right of the wealthy to their wealth. This is way they can run on “tax breaks” but only give them to the wealthiest while raising them on the […]
The reliance of the Virginia School upon the Mont Pelerin Society and the work of F. A. Hayek, and Milton Friedman reveals the depth of its foundational false dichotomy, “Should government control markets or should markets control the government?” Uncontrolled government places political power and public decisions into the hands of the politically connected. Uncontrolled […]
One of Libertarianism’s key ideas is ‘freedom of choice’. School choice in particular reveals that this idea is rooted in the ideal of keeping races separate and controlling who gains the benefit of the states tax revenues. This came to the fore in the issue of Brown vs. the Board of Education which declared that […]
In the mind of the Virginia school, economy is a form of exchange while politics is a form of coercion. True liberty can thus only be economic freedom. Free markets, they argue, will create free people. Their concern is that an electorate will elect politicians that promise to do the will of the people. Then […]
