Tag: Kingdom of God
Acts 25:1-22 The primary world of the Kingdom of God
The profound anticlimax of Acts continues, with more bureaucratic jostling by Roman officials whose names begin with the letter F. As a reader, I...
Luke 23:26-43 The Sudden Enlightenment of St. Dismas
Now we come to the passion, and I feel tempted, like a great many Christian writers before me, to start talking about atonement theories,...
Luke 19:1-27 Zacchaeus and Rahab
Location is everything in this fairly disturbing passage, and the potential for anti-semitism is rife. So the first thing that must be said is...
Luke 2:22-52 Age and Youth
Simeon’s song is sung at night, during compline. When I first arrived as chaplain to Kenyon College, the students were saying compline together in...
Luke 2:1-21 Divinity Entangled with Humanity
The Gospels claim, and Christians believe, that divinity is entangled with humanity. The evangelists go even further. When Jesus talks about the Kingdom of...