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CHAPTER TEN: WINING AND DINING The wedding feast turned out to be the biggest celebration of the year in this small village. Practically everyone in town was invited, and even some who were not initially invited showed up after last minute invitations were offered, people like Jesus’ disciples. This taxed the caterers to the limits…

In the first chapter of his important book,  Gary Anderson lays out his cards as to how to approach the issue of sin.  His will be a history of ideas and their development approach, or put another way, a diachronic approach.  In principle, this is no different than what I did in my book Jesus…

CHAPTER NINE: COMING TO QANA It did not take long for Andrew to notice some noteworthy differences between Jesus and John the baptizer. Jesus was no ascetic, nor did he dress in spartan or prototypical prophetic clothing, nor did he shun the unclean. Indeed, he seemed to actually enjoy spending time with people guilty of…

One of my best friends, A.J. Levine, a NT professor at Vanderbilt Divinity School was teaching at a penitentiary in the Nashville area named Riverbend. The subject on the occasion was the Lord’s Prayer.  Bob Smetana in the Nashville newspaper reports what happened on that evening. “Levine is also always learning from students, colleagues, and…
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