The New Testament In Its World – Chapter 8 – The Study of the Historical Jesus

Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene 1964 (By Gert Chesi) All of the quotes below are taken from The New Testament In Its World, NT Wright and Mike Bird, Zondervan, 2019. The Study of the Historical JesusThe quest for the historical Jesus, in fact, clearly began soon after Jesus’ death and is reflected in the writings of… Continue reading The New Testament In Its World – Chapter 8 – The Study of the Historical Jesus

Holy Ones Among Us

Project CanterburyLetters to Her Companions,by Emily Malbone Morgan.Edited by Vida Dutton Scudder,with a biographical sketch by Emily Sophie Brown.Privately printed, 1944. FOREWORD TO THE LETTERSby VIDA DUTTON SCUDDER On the fiftieth anniversary of the Society of Companions of the Holy Cross, Father J. O. S. Huntington, O.H.C., conducted a Retreat. At the last breakfast, at… Continue reading Holy Ones Among Us

The Greco-Roman Context of the Early Church – Chapter 7

Masonic Lodge of Israel Seal All notes below take from: NT Wright and Mike Bird – “The New Testament In Its World,”  Johnson Sunday School in the Garden Room Chapter 7 The Greco-Roman Context of the Early Church They [the Romans] ransack the world, and afterwards, when all the land has been laid waste by… Continue reading The Greco-Roman Context of the Early Church – Chapter 7

Pascal on God and Science

Blaise Pascal 72 Man's disproportion.—[This is where our innate knowledge leads us. If it be not true, there is no truth in man; and if it be true, he finds therein great cause for humiliation, being compelled to abase himself in one way or another. And since he cannot exist without this knowledge, I wish… Continue reading Pascal on God and Science

The New Testament In Its World – Chapter 6, “The Jewish Context of Jesus and The Early Church”

Jews' wailing place between 1898 and 1914. American Colony (Jerusalem) Dean’s Sunday School – February 16, 2025 The New Testament In Its World – Chapter 6, “The Jewish Context of Jesus and The Early Church” All of the notes in this post are taken directly from the chapter mentioned above by NT Wright and Mike… Continue reading The New Testament In Its World – Chapter 6, “The Jewish Context of Jesus and The Early Church”