Sometimes we forget that there are two nativity stories, one in Luke’s gospel and one in Matthew’s. In popular telling, they are often conflated into one story- shepherds and magi, heavenly host and a star. However each gospel writer had reasons for telling the nativity story the way that they did. Luke’s nativity story has […]
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John the Baptist Had a Question
Last week I wrote, that John the Baptist’s expectation of the Messiah– axes, winnowing forks, and fire– didn’t fit well with what Jesus actually did. “Evidently even the prophets didn’t fully understand the nature and message of Jesus. Jesus was not the Messiah most people were expecting.” And “It is interesting that Matthew does not […]
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