What does walking with Jesus look like day to day? Luke says He went to the mount of Olives “as he was wont” – and John 18:2 says Judas knew the place.
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Religious Gifts for Young Women That Don’t Feel Like a Nudge
Religious gifts for young women go wrong when they steer her instead of describing her. The older woman in Luke 1 who named a younger woman’s faith before she said a word, and how to choose by the threshold she is standing at.
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How to Not Let Someone Change Who You Are
How to not let someone change who you are: the damage is rarely what they did. It is the quiet defences you built to survive them, and how to undo them.
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“Out of the Crooked Timber of Humanity”: What Kant Really Meant
The crooked timber of humanity line is about rulers, not people – and Kant’s German has a word the famous English version drops. Here is what he really wrote.
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When Life Gives You Tangerines: The Ending Explained
When Life Gives You Tangerines ending explained: the show answers Ae-sun’s wish for her mother in casting, not in plot. The face behind the desk is the point.
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Prayer for Pregnancy After Miscarriage: When Joy Scares You
A prayer for pregnancy after miscarriage, plus the Isaiah 49 verse God spoke to someone who had just accused God of forgetting them. Honest, not formulaic.
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Why Did Jesus Need to Eat and Sleep If He Was God?
Why did Jesus need to eat and sleep if he was God? John 4:6 calls him wearied, and the Greek behind it is the same word he used for everyone else worn out.
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Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother: What Jesus Said It Meant
Honour thy father and thy mother is quoted to force contact. But the one time Jesus took up this commandment, the argument was about money, not obedience.
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Greek Word for Lamb: What Does ‘Amnos’ Really Mean?
The Greek word for lamb, amnos (G286), appears just four times in the New Testament – and not one of them describes an actual animal. Plus the verb in John 1:29 that means lift and carry off, not cover over.
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Financial Hardship? The Law Wrote a Cheaper Offering, and Jesus’ Family Brought It
Financial hardship and the Bible: the law set a cheaper offering for anyone who could not afford a lamb, and Luke records that Jesus’ own family brought it.