Every once in a while you will hear the objection, “Jesus never claimed to be God.” Answering that, of course, usually means referring to his “I AM” statements in the book of John where He refers to Himself in the same way that God identified Himself to Moses from the burning bush.

So — spoiler alert! — when I pose today’s focus question, “How did Jesus’ accusers hear “Son of Man?,” you know what the answer is.

If you ever do some poking around in annals of well-selling Christian books, you’ll find a curious title called Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions. And what’s beautiful about it is that it’s full of poetry that, frankly, reads a lot like Psalms. It’s beautiful stuff, and that’s why it’s been around a long time. But where does that come from?