We might not say it outright although unfortunately many of us do but we are often not convinced that so-and-so is a true Christian We might know the person well by public reputation or just by name or we might not know the name of the person at all who bothers us or worse with their words an

In 4 Ezra 5 18 a Jewish apocalyptic text of the first century A D Ezra is asked by ldquo Phaltiel a chief of the people rdquo whether he knows ldquo that Israel has been entrusted to you in the land of their exile Rise therefore and eat some bread and do not forsake us like a shepherd who

To what do the apostles and the other disciples witness when they are called to be witnesses to Jesus Christ On the one hand they bear witness to his death ldquo but you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you and you killed the Author of life rdquo Yet

A reflection for the Second Sunday of Easter.

All the Gospels recall that on the second morning after Jesus was laid in the tomb Mary Magdalene and other women were the first to arrive at the tomb to care for Jesus rsquo body but his body was not in the tomb It would be a strange account to concoct Why James Dunn says in Jesus Remembered

If the Gospel accounts stopped just after Jesus rsquo entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday how would you imagine the next few days playing out The Gospel of John quotes Zec 9 9 ndash 10 as Jesus enters the city ldquo Look your king is coming sitting on a donkey rsquo s colt rdquo The people