Day 38 In the beginning was the Word. I AM. The Father and I are one. The Gospel of John is the one that breaks the mold. There are still parables and miracles, but throughout there is a pervading sense of the mystical. But even beyond that, Jesus embodies a noticeably different…ethos. And pathos. And […]
Day 37 I intended to read John before Luke. I know, going out of order! But Luke is volume one of a two volume work — the second being the Book of Acts. Anyone that went to seminary knows this. If you paid attention in Sunday school, you might know this, too. Every Gospel has […]
Day 36 The oldest and shortest Gospel, Mark is a great read. Gone are lengthy explanations and, instead, there’s a pithy Jesus on a mission. That’s what stands out to me most here. Jesus is very frank, often withdraws, quickly moves on to other locations, and loses his patience. A lot of religious art has […]
Day 35 I love the Gospels. I’ve read them countless times, so, these reflections will be a little different. In undergrad, my focus was in Patristics (early church history) and the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke). I had a rather ruthless professor, whom I adored, that threw us into graduate level studies of the Gospels. […]