by admin | Aug 23, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
In another essay I presented his Jewish and Roman trials as a kind of ultimate tempting of the flesh of Adam and an ultimate proving of the Holy Spirit which descended…in bodily form like a dove[1] upon Jesus the Christ or Messiah. I characterized those trials as a...
by admin | Jun 5, 2017 | Section Four, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I wrote: It’s axiomatic to me that Jesus didn’t utilize his own godliness, but trusted the Holy Spirit that descended like a dove from heaven, and…remained on him.[11] Otherwise, Jesus’ invitation and command, Follow me,[12] is little more than a cruel joke. And: As...
by admin | Mar 31, 2017 | Section Three, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
During my Christmas holiday Grandmother described her simple faith to me: Jesus died to save us from the god of the Old Testament. She didn’t want me or any preacher or any church or the Bible to confuse her simple faith in her simple gospel. It was an eerie...
by admin | Dec 29, 2016 | Section Three, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?, Who am I?
I spend a large portion of my Christmas holiday with three post-Christian women I’ll call Grandmother, Mother and Daughter because of their relationship to one another. I call them post-Christian because they were all professing Christians at one time. Grandmother...
by admin | Sep 27, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
The fulfillment of Nathan’s prophesy—This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in...
by admin | Sep 19, 2012 | David's Forgiveness, Forgiveness, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Before David’s men marched out to…fight against Israel…in the forest of Ephraim,1 The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: “For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom.” Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this...