The only verse God can’t use to change your life is the one you are positive you fully understand.
William J. Wright
History Repeats Itself
That is particularly true in the book of Genesis, a book of beginnings which moves from a dark, cold, watery hopelessness through inspiring highs and incredible lows toward faith in the God who is ever-present and active in the affairs of the men and women of the selected stories that comprise Genesis. This book explores those ups and downs and demonstrates a pattern that allows us to discern God’s love and care despite our disobedience and failure. We also explore why, despite commands to fill the earth and become nations, Adam (after the fratricide), Abraham, and Isaac only had two children, and examine possible lessons these examples offer.
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Matthew chose not to write his Gospel in chronological order. Why? How does his presentation of the Gospel differ from the other three? I show that Matthew organized his book into fourteen chiasms, explain how chiasms work, and describe the advantages that Matthew afforded the careful reader. The contrasts and comparisons of the vertical and horizontal aspects of the chiasms provide the reader with new insights into the events of Jesus’ earthly ministry, and examining the peaks of the chiasms provides a ready summary of the author’s key events–some of which are surprising and take careful thought to see why he stresses them over more familiar events. The chiastic structure aides in memorization due to its ordered pairs and, because they can span multiple chapters in one unit, allow for a view of the whole story at once. The result is a better understanding of the emotions of the disciples and the man on the street at a time when everything they had known was changing daily. Reading Matthew’s Gospel the way it was written allows the reader a more complete understanding of its message.
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William J. Wright
William J. Wright is a physician with a deep interest in God’s word. He has taught Bible classes at churches in three states. He has written and lectured on the Old Testament for years. His latest book describes the chiastic structure of Matthew’s Gospel.
Bill lives with his wife Sarah in Hot Springs, Arkansas. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2020. They have four, happily married sons, and regularly host their eleven grandchildren at their Arkansas home, Earnshaw, a farm that is the setting of Bill’s book, Cows Ain’t Hard.
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