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What does Scripture mean by “fulfillment”? (Use the citation from Hosea as an example in your answer.) Second, identify anything you can see in these opening chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke that addresses the elements of the Old Testament narrative that we discussed last class. The words that Hosea the Prophet spokeContinue reading “3 March Daily Question”

Two things that happened in Numbers was that the Israelites constantly complained of their liberation and almost wished for them to be back in slavery with the Egyptians, against the plans of the Lord (in general acting very ungrateful). They continue to lament about how they would have been better off if they had diedContinue reading “20 February Daily Question”

(1) What is purity / impurity? (2) Why does God require the maintenance of purity? (3) What is the logic of the laws we encounter related to purity, specifically the food laws? Purity/impurity is a concept that tries to quantify material “closeness” to God. When faith can’t be measured by simply looking at someone (faith is inContinue reading “18 February Daily Question”

“Who is God”. Jumping out of the Joesph Ratzinger reading, I think that the best interpretation of who or what God is is the unity of all Being manifested in one. This interpretation is best informed by Gods role in the creation story, how he acts as the one who gives order to the swirlingContinue reading “11 February Daily Question”

Why does Joseph plant the silver cup? What is the ultimate aim of such a move? How does this relate to his status as the beloved son? Appeal explicitly to the story as a whole (i.e. Gen 37-50) and to article from Anderson in your answer? The reason Joseph plants the cup is to testContinue reading “6 February Daily Question”

In the encounter that Jacob has with his assailant, I would say that Jacob wins the encounter but does not “ultimately” win. His entire life he has been using his intelligence and cunning to try and advance his way up in the world, as with how he first grabs his brother coming out of theContinue reading “4 February Daily”

What is religion? Much of how I view and define religion was been influenced by a book that I read recently by Jared Diamond, called Guns, Germs, and Steel. In it Diamond goes through much of human history, from the very earliest forms of humans to the modern day. In this he defines the veryContinue reading “30 January Daily Question”

According to Wilken and Augustine, faith is unavoidable because technically, all things are based on a type of “faith” (as Wilken puts it, on the “testimony of witness worthy of trust”. Augustine says “In practical life, I cannot see how anyone can refuse to believe altogether”. Everything that we accept as truth relies in trustContinue reading “28 January Daily Question”

There are multiple reasons to why Abraham may have listened to the request of God. Firstly, and most obvious, God promises Abraham that he “ will make you into a great nation,and I will bless you; I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoeverContinue reading “23 January Daily Question”

On account of the first sins of man (disobedience to the commands of God), humankind continues in a way to act in defiance of God and to act in sin. While originally it was only the line of Cain that acted with impunity and in a self-glorifying way, once the line of Seth experiences andContinue reading “21 January Daily Question”