by Ralph Enlow | Dec 15, 2019 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Edification |
Since this is Christmas season, I am suspending postings to My Leadership Lane Assist series until the new year. In the meantime, I offer the following seasonal meditation that has occupied my attention for several months. Matthew 2: The Nativity It’s...
by Ralph Enlow | Dec 17, 2017 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Edification |
A classic Christmas tableau Most of our mental (and commercial, for that matter) Christmas-card-photo images correspond to the description we find in Matthew 2:1-12. Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men rom the...
by Ralph Enlow | Sep 18, 2016 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Bible-Centered Leadership, Edification |
You can fall off either side of the horse When you consider the brief and frequently neglected letters 2 John and 3 John together, an interesting contrast comes into view. As the end of the first Christian century approaches, the church has experienced both meteoric...
by Ralph Enlow | Aug 28, 2016 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Edification |
Outlining the text correctly yet missing the point entirely It is hard to miss the obvious textual outline of Genesis 12-50. I don’t know that I have ever read a commentary that neglected to observe that the structure of this narrative revolves around the four...
by Ralph Enlow | Apr 24, 2016 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Edification |
What was Tolkien thinking? I wonder whether J.R.R. Tolkein was thinking of Psalm 45 when he wrote the climactic Return of the King passage describing the marriage of Aragorn and Arwen? He may as well have. In fact, Tolkein’s narrative elevates my emotional grasp of...
by Ralph Enlow | Apr 17, 2016 | 4ThoughtLeaders, Edification, Perspectives |
Turning the page without breaking the thought If you read the Bible one book at a time, it is easy to miss a most intriguing contrast between Genesis 48 and Exodus 1. Providentially planted in Egypt in order to preserve the people of promise, Joseph fathered two...
