The Ephesus School

“He who is not with me is against me; and he who does not gather with me, scatters.” (Luke 11:23)Mothers, not women—moth...

We imagine that love is the product of a kind or generous heart. We confuse love with sentiment. Maybe we want others to...

When the text says “recline” in Greek, it doesn’t mean “recline.” When the Greek text differentiates “recline” through r...

In their extreme hubris, humans believe that Luke’s admonition, “A tree is known by its fruit,” is nothing more than a p...

A single, passing word is easily overlooked in translation. You could pontificate about it in abstraction, but can you o...

The Odyssey narrates Odysseus’s ten-year journey as the king of Ithaca, during which he attempts to return home after th...

This week, Fr. Paul reiterates the importance of hearing Scripture within its historical and sociopolitical context. Beg...

What does it take to liberate people from exceptionalism? To liberate a teaching?  Such a pernicious snare, that saying...

If you accept the Bedouin axiom, “The tree begins with a seed”, you have taken your first step to joining the human race...

This week, Fr. Paul condemns the Masoretes for stamping vowels on the Hebrew consonantal text, arguing that it served as...

Am I humble?Am I arrogant?Am I pious?Am I blasphemous?Am I cruel?Am I kind?Who is the judge?Search me.Who can tell?There...

In this episode, Fr. Paul asserts that the prophetic function, particularly within the clergy, is crucial for dismantlin...

I am a fortunate man because when I hit my twenties, I was exposed to teachers who refused to give praise or express gra...