Last night I got sucked into an episode of Law and Order. The drama drew me in so quickly and completely that it became impossible to turn away. By the time the judge said, “Has the jury reached a verdict?” my heart was pounding. By that time I was at one with both the accuser…
Sparing you the semester-long survey, suffice to say each of the four Gospels has a particular slant and spin. Matthew uses his papyrus to prove that Jesus is the one foretold in the Hebrew scriptures so his Gospel is filled with allusions and prophesies spoken centuries earlier. Luke directs his Gospel to the Gentile world…
I will not sleep well tonight because I dread unfolding the daily paper in the morning. The front page will show and tell of the shooting of a man by a Wilmington police officer several blocks from the church. I will not sleep well tonight because I will be praying that this is not the…