Matthew’s gospel teaches us much about what enhances or prevents our knowledge of God. In Matthew’s account of the transfiguration we find an experience of God that terrifies and confirms. Like the day of judgment, it is unavoidable and demands … Read more
Tag: Christology
John 8:12-59. Hating Jesus
Jesus us is not safe and he will not be tamed. We constantly try to make him the hero of our own causes but he will not serve them. Jesus was not every person’s friend. Many hated him and like … Read more
John 5. Approval
Who did Jesus claim to be? Here he deliberately provokes the question and provides an answer that outrages his contemporaries. His answer will also outrage people in our time since we too struggle to acknoweldge the evidence we have of … Read more