Family Nobody Would Have Chosen

What kind of family would you choose for the Messiah?If you were writing the story of a king, you would begin with heroes. Noble ancestors. Men and women whose lives inspired admiration.Matthew does the opposite.He opens the New Testament with a genealogy most readers skip — a family tree filled with liars, schemers, adulterers, foreigners, outcasts and kings who should have known better. Then, ag...