The King’s defence The religious and political leaders are trying to trip Jesus up. The first was the Pharisees and Herodians; now it is the Saddusee's turn. They hope they will stop Jesus, but they have no idea what Jesus' mission is and they are actually helping Jesus. Jesus came to be God's sacrifice for …
Continue reading Matthew 22:23-33 4 questions 2) Sadducees and the resurrection
The surprise of Jesus — part 1 40 blogs of Lent — day 20 Red sky at night, Shepherds' delight. Red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning. I have heard this little rhyme from my youth. The people who taught it to me probably had no idea that it is based on a saying of …
In the book "Why democracies die" by Harvard University political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, coup-d'etat is not the most likely way. That, they say, is when the views of the opposition are no longer tolerated,. This tolerance involves accepting the results of a free and fair election where the opposition has won, in contrast with advocacy for overthrow or spurious …
Making an ass of myself 