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  • #16
    Originally posted by robrecht View Post
    I like all the gospels, even the gospel of Thomas, but Mark is my favorite because of its dramatic force and unity of vision, which nonetheless expects the reader's faith to carry on the story.
    You may enjoy Joel B. Green's The Way of the Cross: Following Jesus in the Gospel of Mark (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009). (I believe it is a reprint edition of an earlier work.)
    For Neo-Remonstration (Arminian/Remonstrant ruminations): <https://theremonstrant.blogspot.com>

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    • #17
      Originally posted by The Remonstrant View Post
      You may enjoy Joel B. Green's The Way of the Cross: Following Jesus in the Gospel of Mark (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2009). (I believe it is a reprint edition of an earlier work.)
      Thanks, I've read a little bit of his 2-volume commentary on Mark. He does a good job of placing Mark in his Jewish Hellenistic milieu.
      βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾿ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
      ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

      אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

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      • #18
        Originally posted by Manwë Súlimo View Post
        The Gospel of Jesus' Wife.
        Never saw THAT one coming.


















































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        • #19
          John...mainly for the parable of the man born blind and the upper room discourse.
          "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

          "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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          • #20
            Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
            John...mainly for the parable of the man born blind and the upper room discourse.
            Parable?
            The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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            • #21
              Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
              John...mainly for the parable of the man born blind and the upper room discourse.
              Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
              Parable?


              For Neo-Remonstration (Arminian/Remonstrant ruminations): <https://theremonstrant.blogspot.com>

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                Parable?
                Another late night and rushed post. I mean, of course, the story in John 9.
                "For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings." Hosea 6:6

                "Theology can be an intellectual entertainment." Metropolitan Anthony Bloom

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                • #23
                  Originally posted by Thoughtful Monk View Post
                  Another late night and rushed post. I mean, of course, the story in John 9.
                  I kinda figgered.
                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #24
                    Where's the gospel of Thomas?

                    j/k

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                    • #25
                      I selected Matthew largely because I have seen the progression or structure of Matthew as it relates to Jesus' role as a prophet to Judea.

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                      • #26
                        I picked the gospel of John, by reason it was, as I see it, the first gospel tract. It tells plainly how to and who can have eternal life.

                        Of the Synoptic Gospels, it is between Mark and Luke. Luke for over all order of events. Mark for details and of the last Passover leading up to the crucifixion and resurretion of Christ. I like the disputed long ending attributed to Mark.
                        . . . the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; . . . -- Romans 1:16 KJV

                        . . . that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: . . . -- 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV

                        Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: . . . -- 1 John 5:1 KJV

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