Tag: Luke 18
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The Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Bailey: Jesus, the Oppressed, and the Oppressors
"Friend of Trinity Dr. Ken Bailey stops by and shares his work on the stories of Jesus in Jericho in Luke 18 and 19. Here, Jesus ministers to a blind man and the vertically challenged Zacchaeus. Dr. Bailey argues that these parables are meant to be read together, and the result is a Jesus whose…
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Household: Jesus and Fictive Family (Part 2)
Brothers and Sisters The most frequent use of the fictive family imagery in the New Testament is the use of "brother" and "sister" to refer to fellow believers. As you may recall from an earlier post, the relationship between siblings was the most intimate of relationships in Greco-Roman culture. It was the relationship with the…