Jesus is about to begin his life’s final journey toward Jerusalem. But his start is delayed by a young man who runs up to him and piously falls at his feet to ask, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Every word in this exchange is freighted with...
When Moses descends the mountain carrying the two tablets of revelation that God has given him, only to see his people cavorting around the graven image of a golden calf, his uncontrollable fury compels him to hurl the divine tablets to the ground and shatter them. He...
