Tag: Gospel

• Rethinking Jesus (06) His Core Message

  According to Mark, (the earliest Gospel), after his baptism and self-questioning in the wilderness, and “after John (the Baptist) had been put into prison”, Jesus launched an evangelistic mission in Galilee, but there’s a complication here. In John’s gospel, Jesus, “in the province of Judea, spent some time with his disciples and baptised”, and, “The […]

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  3rd Feb 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Religion

  Anti-Semitism, Apocalypse, Christian, Church, Gospel, Jesus, John the Baptist, Kingdom of God

• A Glance at the Gospel of Mark

  Around 70 CE, in a city somewhere in the Roman Empire outside of Palestine, a man composed a religious tract on a parchment scroll. He wrote in Greek, and was either a Jewish or Pagan convert to Christianity. He added no signature, but around 100 years later, he was called Mark, so let’s call him […]

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  31st Oct 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Gospel, Literature, Mark, Messiah, Puccini, Stories, Turandot, Word of Mouth

• The Gospels (9) ‘Causing a Stir’

  The 3rd “sign”, (in John 5), introduces us to a number of problematical issues. We’re told about a pool in Jerusalem, close to which lie “many sick, blind, lame and paralysed people”. It has a strange feature. Every now and again, for no discernible reason, “the water is stirred up”. Most modern translations omit an […]

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  6th Oct 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Philosophy, Religion

  Angel, Anti-Semitism, God, Gospel, Jesus, Sabbatj, Sin, The Jews

• Matthew writes, not history, but his story …

  In a previous post, on the genealogy that opens Matthew’s Gospel, I was saying, let’s value these books for what they are, not for what they aren’t. Matthew’s aim was persuading us that Jesus was the Jewish Messiah and, from the Jewish scriptures, he engineered a three-piece genealogy designed to ‘demonstrate’ this. It was never […]

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  18th Jul 2021

  Hebrew Bible, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Religion

  Bible, Gospel, Jesus, Matthew, Messiah, Prophecies

• Unexpected Interest in a Boring Genealogy

  The author traditionally known as Matthew, begins his gospel with a genealogy. That’s a bad idea, some might say – more of a boring than a flying start – and no doubt lots of people give it no more than a glance, if not a complete miss. But let’s take a closer look and see […]

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  7th Jul 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Religion

  Genealogy, Gospel, History, Matthew, Messiah, Numbers