It seems that for much of the Evangelical Christian world today, the driving narrative concerns getting people saved from hell and then setting them on the path of a fundamentalist political narrative. The right people must be elected by the right people to protect the rights of the right people. For heaven’s sake. It…
Part One: A Feast for the Eyes Part Two: Persia Meets Reality and Esther Part Three: Haman and A Star is Worn We begin this post with an understanding of Mordecai’s world view: “Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the…
Part One: A Feast for the Eyes Part Two: Persia Meets Reality and Esther As you will recall from Part One, King Xerxes put on a six month display of his kingdom’s wealth (c. 482 B.C.) Most likely he wanted to show off his ability to conquer and to accumulate the wealth of the conquered…
Part One A Feast for the Eyes The account of a courageous woman named Esther as recorded in the Old Testament book by the same name, brings together the elements of anti-Semitism, ethnic ‘cleansing’, an assassination plot, of sexism, of civil disobedience, of speaking truth to power, of actions one woman takes to save her people,…
