Jesus didn’t like everybody. The man so often equated with peace and love got annoyed with people. He famously chased a gaggle of businessmen out of the Jerusalem temple. He compared pharisaic lawyers to a den of poisonous snakes. On more than a few occasions, he described his own disciples as dim-witted. And to the […]
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Trusting The Miracle
March 18, 2012 
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I’ve been wondering what to do with myself lately. Perhaps it’s because I turned sixty a few months ago. Perhaps it’s because I had a heart attack shortly afterwards. Perhaps it’s because I’ve never held a job longer than seven years, and I’m approaching that now. Perhaps it’s because I still don’t know what I […]
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February 12, 2012 2 Comments
“The best man is like water. Water is good: it benefits all things and does not compete with them.” -Lao Tzu[i] I teach a course on the New Testament, and my goal this week was to finish the Gospel of Mark. I figured we’d talk about Mark’s somber portrayal of dim-witted disciples and a suffering […]
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