Amen and Awoman: A Tempest in a Teapot? Christian particularism (the belief that Jesus is the way, truth and life) is an embarrassment to progressive Christians. Nowhere is this more evident than the epic fail of Emanuel Cleaver’s opening prayer of the 117th...
“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (Mark 10:52) Some people say, “If only I could see a miracle, then I’d believe.” However, in the case of blind Bartimaeus, it was his...
Fear is in the boat. Why? Because the boat is in the storm. Matthew describes the scene like this: “Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.” (Matthew 8:24). The Greek phrase for this...