by Wendy Widder | Jun 28, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, The Book of Daniel
It’s time to wrap up Daniel 7, but first we should talk a little bit more about the little horn. The little horn appears in two of Daniel’s visions: chapters 7 and 8. In the first, it is an eleventh horn on the fourth beast, displacing three horns when it appears. In...
by Wendy Widder | Jun 16, 2015 | Transitions, Tributes
A few weeks ago my oldest sister had the idea that we girls should help Mom sort through her sewing room. For five or six decades, Mom has saved and stored supplies left over from craft projects, intending to repurpose them Someday. The result of all this packratting...
by Wendy Widder | May 3, 2015 | Apocalyptic literature, Daniel 7, Daniel 8, The Book of Daniel
The dermatologist recently took a sharp (but sterile) instrument to my foot and then ordered me to elevate it as much as possible and not to exercise for two weeks. These haven’t been hard orders to follow since not even sandals are comfortable when you have stitches...
by Wendy Widder | Apr 18, 2015 | Daniel 10, The Book of Daniel
We’re still in Daniel 7 (“How long, O Lord?”), but today I interrupt that train of thought for a quick look into Daniel 10, where I’ve been living of late in commentary writing. Daniel 10-12 is a really long, really difficult section that begins with a tantalizing...
by Wendy Widder | Mar 30, 2015 | Easter
“Hosanna!” So shouted the celebrants on the first Palm Sunday, and so sang we in church this morning, two thousand years later (we’re not big shouters at my little Baptist church). We were, of course, getting Holy Week started the way Christians typically do:...
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