So, the Pharisees always manage to surprise me. I often wonder, had I been alive at the time, whether I would have been a Pharisee. I think I probably would…
It’s not that Pilate was not in the habit of condemning troublesome men. He needed a justifiable pretext, though. There was Roman law to consider, after all: a charge, evidence,…
Those who have spent a long time studying Mark bracket verses 9-20. The scholarly consensus is that Mark’s own original account ends with verse 8. At some later time—not necessarily…
General, later President Eisenhower and, a few years after, General Douglas MacArthur were both honored by ticker-tape parades. And no wonder—both had been at the strategic epicenter of bringing terrible,…
“What is truth?” Oh, it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. In Jesus Christ, Superstar, what Pilate goes on to say has always stuck with me: “We all have truths! …
Isaiah was unsparing in pointing to the God-defying behaviors and choices all too common all around him in his day. What we mostly remember about Isaiah, I suppose, are his…
It’s been nearly two hundred fifty years since we had a king. Maybe you have an interest in the British royal family, one of the best soap operas. Will Charles…
Bible Text: Jeremiah 23:1-6 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Today is a day for wrapping up. Next Sunday, I’ll start telling the story from the top once again. What…
Bible Text: Matthew 2:1-12 | Preacher: Paul Kucera | Wise men. Scripture tells us they are (2:1, NRSV, ESV, RSV). What made them wise? What do we know about them? …