Jesus

Jesus Story—A series of posts using the gospel of Luke as a basis for reflecting on the story of Jesus

  1. “Why we pay attention to Jesus” April 6, 2021
  2. “Singing down mercy” April 9, 2021
  3. “Son of Adam, Son of God” April 12, 2021
  4. “To turn from the abyss toward Jubilee” April 15, 2021
  5. “God’s greatest power is mercy” April 19, 2021
  6. “What matters most?” April 22, 2021
  7. “Jesus’s identity—and ours” April 26, 2021
  8. “The troublemaker” April 29, 2021
  9. “Salvation—from what?” May 3, 2021
  10. “Metaphysical therapy” May 6, 2021
  11. “Listening to Moses” May 10, 2021
  12. “When the ‘good news’ becomes bad news” May 13, 2021
  13. “Life in death” May 17, 2021
  14. “The prophet’s vindication” May 20, 2021

Various blog posts that focus on Jesus

“Why did Jesus die?” March 28, 2011

“Resurrection ‘faith'” April 24, 2011

“Convictions about Jesus (1996)” June 28, 2011

“Changing convictions about Jesus (1996/2011)” July 3, 2011

“Does Jesus’s death have meaning?” December 11, 2011

“Jesus’s death and my salvation” December 18, 2011

“Reflecting on Jesus’s cross” April 6, 2012

“Jesus and ‘homosexuality’: What did he do?” April 21, 2012

“Jesus and ‘homosexuality,’ part 2” April 27, 2012

“Salvation and the way of peace—Jesus’s life and teaching” December 16, 2013

“Salvation and the way of peace—Jesus’s death and resurrection” January 21, 2014

“An anarchistic reading of the Bible—Messiah” March 23, 2015

“Should Jesus determine our view of God?” May 26, 2015

“What would Jesus say about the Russians?” January 30, 2017

“Questions from the wrong side of Easter” April 24, 2019