Month: August 2014

  • Jesus just isn’t a good Christian

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    Then Jesus told his disciples, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24 – Watchword for the Week of Sunday 31 August 2014) Nobody in their right mind likes following Jesus. For the first disciples that meant giving up everything: family, home,…

  • Walking on Water

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    Karl Barth (Theology of the Word of God), Paul Tillich (the Philosopher among Theologians) and Rudolf Bultmann (not interested in the historicity of Jesus) vacation together at Lake Zurich. They rent a boat and head out. The sun and heat are brutal and they get thirsty. “I’ll go get a few beers”, says Karl Barth,…