Miracles – Matt's Opus

God’s response to enemies in Psalm 2 and Acts 4

ChristianityMatthew C. ClarkeJuly 7, 20220

In Psalm 2, King David, or someone writing from his perspective, seems jolted out of complacency with a shock: the anointed leader is beset by enemies and mocked by them! (1-3) How does the writer imagine God responding? First, God laughs scornfully at the puny offence (4) and then in fury reaffirms the status of…

Life fully experienced: John’s greatest sign

ChristianityMatthew C. ClarkeApril 25, 20170

Many commentators have noted that in the Gospel of John, Jesus’ miracles are called “signs” rather than “miracles”. They aren’t just done as magic tricks to impress people. John records them along with lots of other things Jesus said and did so that we “may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,…