As Paul comes to the end of his letter to the Romans—a letter in which he quotes, time and time again, from the scriptures of his people, the Hebrew people, the books we know as the Old Testament—he makes a passing comment which, in my mind, is a penetrating insight into how he operates. Whatever … Continue reading For our instruction … that we might have hope (Rom 15, Isa 11, Matt 3; Advent 2A)