The Difficult Words of Jesus
Amy-Jill Levine, "The Difficult Words of Jesus"
English | ISBN: 1791007570 | 2021 | 176 pages | EPUB | 536 KB
English | ISBN: 1791007570 | 2021 | 176 pages | EPUB | 536 KB
Examine the most difficult teachings of Jesus with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine.
Jesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, God’s word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14:26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20:27), and to sell their belongings and give to the poor (Luke 18:22). He restricts his mission (Matthew 10:6); he speaks of damnation (Matthew 8:12); he calls Jews the devil’s children (John 8:44).
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