by John Dickson Jesus and his band of disciples were once accused of breaking the Sabbath commandment when his entourage picked some grain in a field on a Saturday. According to the interpretation of the Torah offered by the Pharisees,…
by John Dickson Probably Jesus’ most famous speech is the one in Matthew 5-7, the so-called ‘Sermon on the Mount’. It opens with a kind of grammatical drumroll, using 7 verbs in a row to build up to the opening…
by John Dickson The most extraordinary thing about the Apostle Paul is his inclusiveness. He once shared the view of his fellow Pharisees that the Jews alone were the people of God, the pure. Even when the Pharisees accepted converts,…
by John Dickson There is a typical way of talking about Jesus, he’s the Lord, or Saviour, Christ. Maybe even Jesus, my healer or teacher. But what about philosopher? I doubt that would wash in any contemporary church, but in…
