Articles by Dwight A. Pryor

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The Way to the Promised Land

The Hebrew text literally reads You walked before them. An ancient Jewish commentary on this verse adds, “One leg was as a pillar of cloud

How a Greek Story Corrects a Translation Misstep

Have they stumbled that they should fall? - Romans 11:11 Every four years the eyes of the nations focus on the Olympic Games. This...

The Golden Thread of the Kingdom

Is it true, as is widely held in Christian circles, that the thematic unity of the Bible is to be found in its story of redemption?

God's Got Rhythm!

The Composer of the masterwork of Creation imbues the warp and woof of the cosmos with repeating rhythms, cycles, and seasons. Note for...

Romans 11 & Israel's "Fall" (part 2)

Israel is beloved of God, and His love is everlasting. Therefore Christians should love the Jewish people as well—not because of their place

Romans 11 & Israel's "Fall" (part 1)

For the Apostle Paul the overriding issue in Romans 11 is not Israel’s failure or moral culpability but rather the inscrutable and

Are We Blessing the Food or the Father?

Three important questions can be asked about this passage: 1] What was the biblical basis for Jesus reciting a blessing before eating? 2] Wh

Correcting a Gospel Half-truth

The cultural ancestors of Western thought, the Greeks, esteemed truth above all else. The holy grail of their philosophical pursuit was the

Biblical Prayer: A Service of the Heart

Prayer is a precious privilege and a sacred obligation, one that should be exercised, cultivated and developed by every believer and communi

Supersessionism

SUPERSESSIONISM IS DEEPLY ROOTED in Christian thinking and tradition. This is the notion that because the Jewish people “rejected Christ”...