Rather than a clumsy way to foreshadow or instigate events, prophecy in “Destiny” is a destabilizing factor making our heroes question their every move. Confirmation bias encourages them to correlate every new development with a line from scripture. Trinities abound: The “three vipers” of the...
the money changers and the seats of those who solddoves.16And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple.17Then He taught, saying to them,“Is it not written,‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a‘den of thieves....
As the second big screen adaptation of the tabletop game,Honor Among Thievesfeels about a million miles away from the sinister imageD&Dconjured in 1980s newspapers and at church luncheons. Really, this is a movie that’s as heavy metal as Air Supply. But that also makes for a breath of f...
5“Ifthieves had come to you, If robbers by night— Oh, how you will be cut off!— Would they not have stolen till they had enough? If grape-gatherers had come to you, Would they not have leftsomegleanings? 6“Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!
7The scripture says, ‘It is kindness that I want, not animal sacrifices.’ If you really knew what this means, you would not condemn people who are not guilty; 8for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” The Man with a Paralysed Hand (Mk 3.1–6; Lk 6.6–11) 9Jesus left ...
Worse still, the film’s fear of straying too far from the scripture will not allow its fictional Clavius to become a thirteenth apostle, which is the ending the film needs like a leper asking for mercy on the road to Galilee. Director Kevin Reynolds has done period piece epics before ...
35If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of Godcame—and Scripture cannot be set aside—36what about the one whom the Father set apartas his very ownand sent into the world?Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?37Do not believe me ...
Rather than a clumsy way to foreshadow or instigate events, prophecy in “Destiny” is a destabilizing factor making our heroes question their every move. Confirmation bias encourages them to correlate every new development with a line from scripture. Trinities abound: The “three vipers” of the...
the money changers and the seats of those who solddoves.16And He would not allow anyone to carry wares through the temple.17Then He taught, saying to them,“Is it not written,‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it a‘den of thieves....
5 “If thieves had come to you,If robbers by night—Oh, how you will be cut off!—Would they not have stolen till they had enough?If grape-gatherers had come to you,Would they not have left some gleanings? 6 “Oh, how Esau shall be searched out!How his hidden treasures shall be ...