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
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
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
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 Carpenter's Nail 