Category: Bible
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WHO WAS JOHN THE EVANGELIST?
I read nice little article on the Gospel of John this morning on the website of Biblical Archaeology Review (my favorite magazine, but I missed a month because of the move–drats!) that roots around at Johannine authorship. John never self-identifies, but maintains literary distance by describing himself as the “disciple whom Jesus loved” or the…
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THE NIGHT JESUS TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT
Jesus is famous for his metaphors and earthy teaching–mustard seed, building foundation, lilies of the field and other such niceties. But if we look properly, we find he also used some rather crude, dare I say vulgar analogies to describe the most important of all spiritual realities. I’m thinking about John this week–reading through it,…