Jesus in the Gospel of John, Chapter 15 declares, "I am the Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser." (John 15:1) For a moment, he brings us far away from his looming crucifixion. Like the Garden of Eden, the Gardens of Babylon, the Vineyard of Isaiah ... (read more)
As I indicated in the first part of this series, Martin Luther did not seriously dispute the practice of indulgences. What he did dispute, however, was how the money was spent. I neglected to mention another aspect of his criticism, which really rela ... (read more)
I finished reading "A Rabbi Talks to Jesus" last night. I wrote an earlier article about it, that you can read here. The primary reason I picked it up was so that I could re-read "Jesus of Nazareth" with a fuller appreciation of what Pope Benedict ha ... (read more)
Martin Luther's theses are a touchstone of western history. In Luther's stand against the Pope, we may see parallels to George Washington's stand against King George or Dr. King's stand against the Jim Crow South. The Martin Luther of popular memory ... (read more)
