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One of James Jordan’s many contributions to biblical theology was applying the “priest, king, prophet” schema to a framework to understand the entire structure of the Old Testament. The Pentateuch is mainly (though not exclusively) concerned with the...

Years ago, when I was a new pastor, I met with a couple whose marriage was in turmoil. Though there were a handful of factors that had led to the breakdown, it still seemed as though there were plenty of reasons to hope for healing and change. The couple...

This article was originally published in 1993.
A while back a friend told me that his church had finally introduced weekly communion. He told me that they were having an 8:00 a.m. service on Sundays for anyone who wanted to have communion. At present only about five people were coming to this service...

Anyone familiar with the Bible stories in the Old Testament has met the magi before.
We meet them in Egypt, opposing Moses and Aaron, trying to keep the Israelites enslaved to the king of kings of the time, the mighty Pharaoh.
We meet them later in the empires of Babylon and Persia. Like Pharaoh, those kings of kings collect magi and wise men to give them secret insight, not least by interpreting the heavens....