Women Disciples: Conclusion to the Series

The Twelve Elements in Jesusโ€™s Call to Discipleship The Greek verb ฮถฮทฯ„ฮญฯ‰ | zฤ“teล held a centuries-old spiritual significance sourced in the Hebrew scriptures and was well-known to Jewish students of sacred writings. It means to seek God, in the hope that God may be found. Within a hundred years before Jesusโ€™s ministry, it came … Continue reading Women Disciples: Conclusion to the Series

Women Disciples: Architecture of the Research

Did Jesus call women into discipleship in the same way Jesus called men? Or did women simply start following Jesus of their own accord, with no formal call? Can we say, for instance, that Mary of Bethany was actually a disciple, or was she simply acting like a disciple when she sat at Jesusโ€™s feet?In … Continue reading Women Disciples: Architecture of the Research

3 John: Hierarchy’s Harm

Over the centuries, beginning with Ignatiusโ€™ letters in the second century, this crucial aspect of the church gave way to the surrounding culture, so that one of Christianityโ€™s distinctives was eroded to mere words, tucked away here and there among the gospels and epistles.

Gospel of John: Rank and File

How do you teach people who eat, breath, and live hierarchy that the kingdom of God is about equality not rank, family not a flowchart, kinship not kings? Well, you wash their feet.