The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest ImagesIn his most concise and controversial portrait of Jesus yet, the author of The Historical Jesus and The Cross That Spoke reveals who Jesus really was prior to the New Testament Gospels and almost 2,000 years of Christian history. Crossan's fresh translations of Jesus' sayings show him to be a teacher who lived his own radical message. 30 photos. |
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... Matthew 7 : 7-8 ) . Not just a general proverbial statement of hope , this is a specific promise that the missionaries of the Kingdom movement can trust both in God and in the peasant homes to which they bring their message . 7 1 ...
... Matthew 7 : 7-8 ) . Not just a general proverbial statement of hope , this is a specific promise that the missionaries of the Kingdom movement can trust both in God and in the peasant homes to which they bring their message . 7 1 ...
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... Matthew 13 : 31-32 ) . Comparing the Kingdom's process to mustard is as startling as comparing its members to children . The mustard plant had value as medicine and condiment , but it also had a dangerous tendency to take over even when ...
... Matthew 13 : 31-32 ) . Comparing the Kingdom's process to mustard is as startling as comparing its members to children . The mustard plant had value as medicine and condiment , but it also had a dangerous tendency to take over even when ...
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... Matthew 13:44 ) . The buyer in this story , especially in Jewish law and practice , took what at least pos- sibly belonged to the seller . Hence the dilemma : If the treasure be- longed to the finder , the field did not need to be ...
... Matthew 13:44 ) . The buyer in this story , especially in Jewish law and practice , took what at least pos- sibly belonged to the seller . Hence the dilemma : If the treasure be- longed to the finder , the field did not need to be ...
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