Posted by Karoline Lewis on 5/14/2014 1:21 PM
Karoline Lewis, associate professor of preaching and Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Homiletics at Luther Seminary, explains in this 3-minute video the value in reading Bible passages from a variety of translations.
She uncovers the way that different translators portray Jesus' baptism and death in the Gospel of Mark, and makes the point that the words we choose shape the way we see God's activity.
"God was located in the Holy of Holies, behind that temple curtain. But if God is not behind the curtain …
Posted by Matt Skinner on 11/4/2013 1:43 PM
Matt Skinner, New Testament professor at Luther Seminary, talks about Jesus and banquets. Meals, in the Gospel of Luke, are occasions for transformation, confrontation, and Jesus' pronouncements about individuals and ministry.
"There is a ton of food in this gospel -- no wonder [his enemies] called Jesus a glutton and a drunkard. ... Meals become theological settings by which talk about God is real, is cemented into the lives of human beings and societies that they live in."
Meals are places …
Posted by Matt Skinner on 8/13/2013 10:08 AM
Matt Skinner talks about the beginning of the Gospel of Luke, and how this gospel is telling a constructive story to build up people's faith.
"It's history, a story meant to instruct in faith, to give believers a sense of who Jesus is and how his ministry unfolded," said Skinner.
Posted by Eric Barreto on 7/2/2012 9:50 AM
Podcast discussion with Eric Barreto, Kathryn Schifferdecker and Lois Malcolm.
Article written by Eric D. Barreto.
Jesus' first words in the Gospel of Mark do not appear until the 15th verse of the first chapter, and what he says is a definitive statement of what his mission is all about. At the same time, his first words are a bit enigmatic. Once we start thinking about he says, his mission statement may be not as clear as we would like.
Emerging from his baptism by John in the Jordan and his temptation …
Posted by Eric Barreto on 12/1/2011 11:53 AM
When did Jesus drive out the money changers from the temple? In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Jesus cleanses the temple near the end of his life. In John, Jesus does so in the earliest days of his ministry.
What were Jesus’ last words?
- According to Mark and Matthew, Jesus cries out in pain and isolation: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- According to Luke, Jesus’ life ends with words of forgiveness for his persecutors (“Father, forgive them; for they do not …
Posted by Matt Skinner on 10/1/2011 12:00 AM
What is the Gospel of Thomas about?
The Gospel of Thomas isn’t really “about” anything. Well, it isn’t and it is. That’s because the Gospel of Thomas doesn’t tell a story. It’s a collection -- a list -- of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus, many just a sentence or two in length. The sayings usually don’t refer to any narrated action. The book therefore lacks a sense of plot or development, and it has no discussion of Jesus’ deeds, death, or resurrection, …