On the day after his arrest, Jesus was interrogated by Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Palestine. Jesus had been accused of declaring himself a king, and Pilate was amused. Here stood a poor Jewish man from a rural district in an outback of the Empire, someone without an education, wealth, or even a following, […]
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The Parable of The Prick and The Scum Bag
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 […]
Continue readingThe Story of The Good Samaritan
One day, a lawyer asked Jesus a question about the law. Being a Pharisee, who believed in a resurrection, he wanted to know the legal requirements for admission to heaven. “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” Rather than answering, Jesus asked the lawyer for his opinion, and the legal scholar quoted verses from […]
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