The second part of 2 Timothy 3 is in the three-year Lectionary used for public worship and, as I am going through the Gospels for Year A at the moment, it will be some time before I reach th… Read More

My exegesis on the Gospel for the Second Sunday after Trinity, Year A, Matthew 9:35-10:23 continues. Part 1 has the full reading and exposition for Matthew 9:35-9:38. Today’s… Read More

Readings:Numbers 32-33Psalm 70-71Luke 2:41-3:20 Numbers 32-33 While they’re east of the Jordan river, in the land of Gilead, the tribes of Ruben and Gad start looking around and… Read More

CMI made a response post* about claims of NT being Scripture in the sense of Sacred Scripture. The person writing them finished, without this nuance being noted: There is NOT one passage in… Read More

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laurea… Read More

On October 6, 2022, historian and writer Marina Warner delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. The annual event honors the memory of Said, a Univ… Read More

If you have not read the entertaining proto-orthodox Infancy Gospels and Protoevangelium of James, you are missing out on heaps of Twilight Zone moments and a good laugh!Dave Chang is my les… Read More

Photo by Timothy Eberly on UnsplashAnd being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. And when they heard that, they lif… Read More

One of my interests has become to look at the state of our Christian faith, not merely that of the Church, but, more broadly, its state in the larger context of Western society. Most keenly… Read More

How old was Joseph when he married Mary? 90 years oldIn another early text, The History of Joseph the Carpenter, which was composed in Egypt between the 6th and 7th centuries, Christ himsel… Read More

And there will be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the earth distress of nations with perplexity, sea and wave roaring... (Lk. 21:25, LSV)We've often discussed the signs in the heav… Read More

A Christmas Message From MatthewWhat was the gospel writer trying to tell us about Jesus in his opening chapters?Think about an ancient gospel written with all-capital letters, minimal punct… Read More

Christians have always known that the four canonical Gospels describe the same major events in Christ’s life but in different ways. For example, consider what God says at Jesus’… Read More

By Valerie Tarico ~In the gospel stories, Mary the mother of Jesus is a humble, devout young woman of her time--which means she has little choice in the matter. Set aside for a moment any de… Read More

What is the exact relationship between the New Testament and ancient Indian texts on Buddhism? How much of the early gospels were inspired by the Buddhist texts? Living in the global village… Read More

Christopher Moore. Official website. Image found here.Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal.This is the first Christopher Moore novel I've read. It comes recommended… Read More