One of my favorite characters in the New Testament is an obscure man named Andrew. While he is supposed to be one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, there …
Something happened at the first Easter. Some insist that it was an event that occurred on a single day. Others suggest that an experience was identified with that day …
We come now to our fourth and final question in search of the meaning of Easter. Then with clues, hopefully well established, I will seek to draw some conclusions …
First, we asked who stood at the center of the Easter experience and Peter emerged from our study as the one in whom the meaning of resurrection …
When people have a life-changing experience, they tend to freeze in their minds forever where they were and even what they were doing when the …
We begin our probe into the meaning of the Easter moment by asking who it was who stood in the center of the Easter experience. People do not always …
Through this column during the weeks before Good Friday, I did a series on the story of the cross and its meaning, seeking to call you, my readers, into …
Last week we began a biblical analysis of Judas Iscariot. First, we noted that Paul, who wrote and died before any gospel had been written, was totally unaware of …
The anti-hero of the Christian story in general and of the crucifixion story in particular is one who is known as Judas Iscariot. Scorn and ridicule have been heaped …
In Mark’s original story of the Passion of Jesus, he introduces for the first time in any written Christian record the figure of Barabbas. In this story we …