Thomas Cole - The Voyage of Life Old Age, 1842 (National Gallery of Art) Once a man has died, and the dust has soaked up his blood, there is no resurrection. - Aesch. Eumen While the pyre was burning, it is said that a cloud passed under Hercules and with a peal of thunder wafted him… Continue reading The Afterlife in Greek, Roman, and Jewish Thought – Chapter 12, “The New Testament In Its World”
The New Testament In Its World, April 6, 2025Chapter 11 – “The Death of the Messiah” The quotes below are all taken from "The New Testament In Its World," Wright and Bird, Zondervan. Somehow, Jesus’s death was seen by Jesus himself, and then by those who told and ultimately wrote his story, as the ultimate… Continue reading The New Testament In Its World, Chapter 11 – “The Death of the Messiah”
Gates of Hell in the Musée d'Orsay, Auguste Rodin Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander the Great, Caesar, Mohammed, and Napoleon; without science and learning, he shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and scholars combined; without the eloquence of school, he spoke such words… Continue reading Who Did Jesus Think He Was? Redux
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. Dean’s Sunday School – March 16, 2025 I am out town with family this week, and will send follow up quotes… Continue reading Chapter 10 – Who Did Jesus Think He Was? – Wright and Bird
Rafting on the Jordan River: Taglit Birthright Israel [Jesus] believed that Israel was at the cross-roads, that she must choose between two conceptions of her national destiny, and that the time for choice was terrifyingly short. This explains why, in his instructions to his disciples, he speaks of ‘towns where they receive you’ and ‘towns… Continue reading Chapter 9 – The Profile and Praxis of a Prophet – The New Testament in Its World – Wright and Bird
The Carpenter's Nail 