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• Vintage Jesus, Part 9: How Did People Know Jesus Was Coming? | The Jesus Question

  This twelve-part series outlines the “Vintage Jesus” sermons of Mark Driscoll. See part 1 here. 0:55-4:50 – Interview with Rabbi Mark Glickman: A Jewish Perspective on Who the Messiah Is “The Messiah ...

• Questions about the Atonement | The Jesus Question

  I’m an inquisitive person.  I like to understand things.  Never content with answering just the what’s of any given topic, I like to get to the root of all the how’s and why’s as well.  Recently I rea...

• Jesus as the Root/Shoot/Branch of Jesse | The Jesus Question

  The Tree of Jesse—a representation of Jesus’s genealogy in the form of a tree—was a popular subject in medieval Christian art. Its name derives from the messianic prophecy of Isaiah 11:1 and 10: “Ther...

• The Two Genealogies of Jesus, the Curse of Jeconiah, and the Royal Line of David | The Jesus

  Several passages in the Hebrew Bible (which Christians refer to as the Old Testament) prophesy that David’s throne will be established forever: 2 Samuel 7:12–16; Psalm 89:3–4, 132:11; Isaiah 16:5; and...

• The Jesus Sutras (Part 9): Refuge and Return | The Jesus Question

  (For an introduction to this series, read Part 1.) Shower us with Your Healing Rain! Help us to overcome, give life to what has withered, and water the roots of kindness in us. —The Supreme, vv. 23-24...

• The Open Arms of Jesus | The Jesus Question

  Jesus standing there with open arms. Ready to receive us, forgive us, embrace us. A big smile. A bright glow. This is perhaps one of the most familiar images of Jesus in popular culture, as evidenced ...