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. … Read more
Tag: Christology
John 8:12-59. Hating Jesus
Jesus 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 … 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 … Read more