When Rejection is a Qualification
“Then the officials said to the king, ‘Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch
“Then the officials said to the king, ‘Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch
“In the beginning was the Word [Logos], and the Word [Logos] was with God, and the
“Anyone who touches a corpse, the body of a man who has died, and does not
“Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy
“You who know, O LORD, remember me, take notice of me, and take vengeance for me
“Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy
“O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those
“Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me as a man of strife and
“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel.
“These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of
“If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they
“I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no