The Good Word

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This Gospel story takes place after Jesus has entered Jerusalem Palm Sunday and before his Last Supper nbsp Here Sadducees present a problem to Jesus it is constructed so as to make belief in a resurrection from the dead foolish and impossible nbsp Sadducees believ

Last year for the Solemnity of All Saints I wrote on the first reading from Revelation 7 to which I referred again in the recent post on ldquo lukewarm rdquo Catholics Recently Fr James Martin drew attention to the saints as he often does in a short video examining the question of who and wh

Luke includes in his Gospel an account found nowhere else in the Gospel tradition a story which fits well with many of the Lucan themes regarding the value and danger of wealth and possessions ndash not to say that these are not concerns of Jesus himself or not found in the other Gospels just t

In an interview reported in USA Today Archbishop John Nienstedt ldquo said Jesus Christ directed his followers to lsquo either be hot or cold but if you re lukewarm I don t want that So we want people who live their faith rsquo rdquo This interview was given in response both to a controvers

In the most recent episode of Community a comedy on NBC the character Abed who is both Muslim and has Asperger rsquo s Syndrome reads the New Testament The episode Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples presents the character Shirley who is a devout Christian musing on the popularity of YouTube

nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp The physical circumstance nbsp The Temple in this story is the building which sits on a large platform the size of a soccer field nbsp The Temple rsquo s rearmost part is God rsquo s dwelling place and opens outward and eastward to still other sacred rooms nbsp

Ramsay MacMullen is a distinguished scholar who is now in his 80s Age is significant for a scholar as it should be in so many other walks of life and vocations because if it does not necessarily bring with it wisdom age brings a long view and the ability to look over a field of study and know wh

The readings for this Sunday basically present a test case as I suppose one could argue every Scripture passage does of the idea of Inspiration discussed in my last post on What is the Good Word Yet this Sunday rsquo s second reading from 2 Timothy 3 14-4 2 especially v 16 does present the

nbsp nbsp Before he recites the parable in 18 1-8 Luke indicates to the reader its central teaching to pray always continually not continuously and not to grow tired or discouraged or lose heart nbsp Then the parable shows that even the most hard-hearted will eventually yield to a reque

In previous posts nbsp I have discussed What is the Good Word What is the Good Word 2 The Old Testament and What is the Good Word 3 The New Testament today I wanted to begin the discussion of revelation inspiration and inerrancy in the Bible Even those who claim the Bible as the ldquo i